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Lewis and Clark expedition
Louisiana purchase/ Westward expansion
Northwest Ordinance
Mexican War/ Geography
Monroe Doctrine
100
Jefferson, who favored a small agrarian economy, looked ________ for more farming land.
What is Westward?
100
April 10, 1803, James Monroe went to France to negotiate for the port of ________.
What is New Orleans?
100
The ___________ is known as the greatest achievement under the Articles of Confederation.
What is Northwest Ordinance?
100
Congress declared war on Mexico on May __, which became known as the Mexican War.
What is 12th?
100
The document originated from James Monroe’s letter to _______ on December 2, 1823.
What is Congress?
200
After Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, he asked _______ ______ and _______ ______to explore the land and determine whether or not it was "inhabitable".
What is Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
200
Monroe had only planned to buy New Orleans and spend under $9 million, but Napoléon offered to sell all of France's claim in the New World for only $_________.
What is 15 million?
200
The goal of the ordinance was to colonize the "wilderness" into states. In order to provide law and order to these territories, there was a ________ appointed by congress to each of the lands.
What is Governor?
200
The reason Mexico declared war on America is because when _____, a previous Mexican territory, was annexed into the U.S. they took it as an act of war.
What is Texas?
200
In 1822, James Monroe had his ____________ prepare a bold statement about colonization and European inference in the hemisphere.
What is Secretary of State?
300
Since there was neither funding nor political support, the land west of the Mississippi River was left untouched until May _____.
What is 1804?
300
The act of accumulating more and more land west of the original 13 colonies until America owns all the land to the Pacific Ocean
What is Westward Expansion?
300
Ordinance applied to all the territory northwest of the ____ River.
What is Ohio?
300
The Mexican War was one of the deadliest conflicts in the United States history. 100,000 people served in the War, and a total of ______ men and women died due to combat, disease and wounds.
What is 12,500?
300
The doctrine was clear: First, no further______________ _________ would be tolerated. Second, the United States pledged to remain distant from European wars and politics, implying that the Old and New Worlds were quite different. Finally, Monroe warned against European interference with the independent republics in the New World.
What is European colonization in the New World?
400
The group would sometimes split up to cover as much terrain as possible befriending the Indian tribes along the way and made it all the way to present-day ______.
What is Oregon?
400
(HINT: Who was against Westward expansion?) The _______ politicians thought they would lose political power, and ________, also, were against westward expansion especially if it would bring slave territories to the union which would cause unequal representation.
What is Northeast and what is abolitionist?
400
On July 13, ____, Congress of the Confederation passed an ordinance, known as the Northwest Ordinance.
What is 1787?
400
The changes to the ________ of the United States include: crossing a continent on ships, gaining possession of the unknown wilderness and developing economic and political conditions on the frontier that suit city life.
What is geography?
400
The rumors of an alliance worried Monroe deeply since they threatened the ________ and territorial goad of the U.S.
What is economic?
500
The exploration party came home on September __ after 8,000 miles of rough terrain was explored.
What is 23rd?
500
_________ was the financial minister for France during the Louisiana purchase, and he was willing to sell America Louisiana in order to receive money to pay for Napoléon's "European Wars".
Who is Barbe-Marbois?
500
On August 7, 1789, President _______________ signed the Northwest Ordinance of 1789 into law after the newly created U.S. Congress reaffirmed the Ordinance with slight modifications under the Constitution.
What is George Washington?
500
The land that had been used for rural farming began to get transferred into more _______, for example, farming land started to change to factories. Then, railroads were built, and the way of life was changed forever.
What is industrial?
500
The reason for the Monroe Doctrine was a pact between Spain, France and other members of the __________ had been formed, and they wanted to reconquer the American colonies.
What is Holy Alliance?