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The Louisiana Purchase was significant to the United States because....
What is it nearly double the size of the country?
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Mountain range that made the Lewis and Clark expedition difficult...
What are the Rocky Mountains?
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The first young members of Congress to call for a trade war against Britain were called...
What is Warhawks?
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Why did the U.S. navy defeat the British in the War of 1812?
What is The British Navy was more spread out than the U.S. navy?
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Who was Lewis and Clark's guide throughout part of their expedition?
Who is Sacajawea?
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In the early 1800's, the Mississippi River was crucial to settlers in all but which of these states: KY, TN, OH, AK
What is Arkansas
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As a result of which activity did the United States find itself involved in the war between Britain and France when it broke out in 1803?
What is shipping goods and war supplies to both countries?
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Why did Britain's military forces gain strength in April of 1814?
What is Britain defeated France and could send more troops to America?
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Lewis and Clark failed in their expedition in that they did not....
What is find a river route across the West to the Pacific Ocean?
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The Federalist pleas to end the War of 1812 caused embarrassment to the party despite the fact that it was never heard in Washington. Why wasn't it heard?
What is Slow communications meant the Federalist delegates hadn't heard about the treaty that ended the war until they got to the capital.
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Why was Napoleon Bonaparte eager to get rid of the land sold in the Louisiana Purchase?
What is France getting ready to go to war with Britain and needed money for supplies.
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The Embargo Act banned trade with....
What is all foreign countries?
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The Treaty of Fort Jackson....
What is forced the Creek Indians to give up 23 million acres of land?
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Which came first The Embargo Act The War of 1812 Violations of US neutrality War between Great Britain and France
What is the war between Great Britain and France?
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American politicians' fears that a foreign power might take control of the Mississippi might have come true during the Battle of New Orleans, if not for the leadership of a commander who led a mix of soldiers, free African Americans, and Choctaw Indians against the British. What was his name?
Who is Andrew Jackson?
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The Lewis and Clark expedition wanted to find....
What is a river route to the Pacific Ocean?
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The Embargo Act failed because
What is it caused American merchants to lose money and had little effect on Britain and France.
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Who served as President of the United States during the War of 1812?
Who is James Madison?
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What was the last major conflict of the War of 1812?
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
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This document ended the War of 1812...
What is The Treaty of Ghent?
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This is why Americans depended on the Mississippi River and access to New Orleans.
What is to move products to and from eastern markets, to ship and sell their goods
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What was the significance of Zebulon Pike's exploration?
What is it helped outline the Louisiana Territory's western border with New Spain?
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In 1810, The Governor of the Indiana Territory urged Tecumseh to follow the Treaty of Greenville, signed in 1795. What was Tecumseh's reply?
What is "The white people have no right to take the land from the Indians, because the Indians had it first"
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reasons the US declared war against Britain in 1812.. (3)
What is 1. British Trade restrictions hurt southern planters and western farmers. 2. British impressments were hurting the U.S. economy. 3. The British had encouraged American Indians to attack settlers in the West.
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What was the significance of the Battle of the Thames River?
What is It broke American Indian power in the Northwest?