Louisiana Purchase
What was the biggest port city in Louisiana?
New Orleans
Who did President Jefferson choose to explore the new land?
Meriwether Lewis
What was the name of the explorer who searched for the mouth of the Mississippi River?
Zebulon Pike
What two countries fought in the War of 1812?
United States and Great Britain
Who were the Seminole Indians?
They were Creek who settled in Florida.
What country had control of the Louisiana Territory before the Louisiana Purchase?
France
Who did Lewis choose to go with him on his expedition?
William Clark
Who built a road through the Cumberland Gap in order to move west?
Daniel Boone
Why did these two countries become enemies?
Impressment of the American sailors.
What did the Indian Removal Act force all Indians to do?
The Indians that were east of the Mississippi River had to move west.
What president bought the land in the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
What Shoshone Indian helped Lewis and Clark communicate with the Indian tribes?
Sacagawea
What was the name of that road?
The Wilderness Road
What is our National Anthem?
The Star Spangled Banner
When the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee could stay on their land, how did President Jackson respond?
Jackson ignored the ruling and forced the Cherokee to move.
How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana Territory?
$15,000,000
What were the people who traveled with Lewis and Clark called?
Corps of Discovery
How did the settlers travel west?
horses, wagons, flatboats
Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key
Who invented a writing system for the Cherokee language?
Sequoya
What did the Louisiana Purchase do to the size of the United States?
The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States.
What did President Jefferson want the Corps of Discovery to look for in the west?
1-Gather information about landforms, plants, animals, and climate.
2-Indian cultures
3-A water route to the Pacific Ocean.
What river bordered the Louisiana Territory?
Mississippi River
What inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner?
He saw the flag flying over Fort McHenry and knew the American soldiers had not given up.
What do we call the 1,000 mile trip to the Indian Territory by the Cherokee Indians?
The Trail of Tears.