The First Presidents
This man became the first President of the United States in 1789.
Who is George Washington?
The first two political parties in the United States.
Who are the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans?
The edge of settlement in America.
What is the frontier?
The year Thomas Jefferson became President.
What is 1800?
The country the United States fought in the War of 1812.
What is Great Britain?
A group of advisors who help the president run the government.
What is the Cabinet?
This leader supported a strong national government and trade.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
A person who built a home on the edge of the wilderness.
Who is a pioneer?
The country the U.S. bought the Louisiana Territory from.
What is France?
A feeling of pride in your country.
What is nationalism?
The ceremony that marks the beginning of a presidency.
What is an inauguration?
This leader believed a strong central government might take away rights.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Daniel Boone helped clear this road through the Appalachians.
What is the Wilderness Road?
The year of the Louisiana Purchase.
What is 1803?
The leader of the War Hawks.
Who is Henry Clay?
The group that elects the President and Vice President.
What is the Electoral College?
Hamilton’s followers were called this.
Who are the Federalists?
By 1800, over this many settlers had moved west.
What is 300,000?
The two men Jefferson sent to explore the new territory.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
The man who wrote the poem that became our national anthem.
Who is Francis Scott Key?
The city George Washington chose to be the nation’s capital.
What is Washington, D.C.?
Jefferson’s followers were called this.
Who are the Democratic-Republicans?
Groups of families who traveled west together.
What is a caravan?
One goal of Lewis and Clark’s expedition.
What is to find a river route to the Pacific / learn about Native Americans / record discoveries?
The treaty that ended the War of 1812.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?