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Who was the first president of the United States
George Washington
Why did I France sell Louisiana to the US?
Bc they needed money for the military to fight in war with Britain+they couldn’t protect Louisiana if Britain attacked from Canada.
Was the US Split evenly between free and slaved.if so what was it split by
Split evenly between 11 free and 11 slaved
What was the Monroe doctrine?
Single most important speech or document in helping US dicide what to do when dealing with other countries.
What is the national road
Connected Maryland to illinios and used macadam to pave parts of it
What are the 3 departments
Treasury, state, war
Who did congress assign to go on an expedition west to find a route to the Pacific Ocean. Who helped the on this journey.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark with help of Sacagewea
How did people in the north handle slavery vs ppl in the south?
Ppl in the north did not accept slavery they had large cities and factories instead. The north was a free state.
the ppl in the south thought they needed slavery bc they needed ppl to work on their plantations. South did not pay slaves and there were very few slaves that were free.
What is a pro of the Monroe doctrine?
Show US went to protect its neighbors and have them be free independent nations.
In the 1800s what was the main way to ship goods
through manmade waterways( canals)
What did Alexander Hamilton believe?
that the U.S. Should have a strong central go and economy that supported large scale buying and selling of goods.(commerce+industry)
Who was sent to explore the louisiana territory? Did he/she fail?
Zebulon pike was sent and he failed to climb the peak named in his honor
List three examples of immigrants and what they came to the US for.
Chinese came to seek fortunes but ended up working on railroads. Europeans came to work in factories. Irish came to escape the Irish potato famine in 1846.
What was its policy
note=3 policy’s
What is the cotton gin and how is it useful.
Cotton gin is a machine that separates cotton seeds from fluff which changed southern agriculture. And most ppl had farms with cotton as there main crop.
What did Thomas Jefferson believe?
The federal government should be weak and the state gov should have more power because he thought the federal government would lead to dishonesty if strong
What did Thomas Jefferson buy the territory for? WHh did he almost say no and when was it announced/officially added?
Thomas Jefferson bought the territory for 15mil which is CHEAP! Almost said no bc the constitution didnt say whether or not the federal gov had power to buy the land. And it was officially announced As the Louisiana Purchase and added the territory in July 4th 1803 Which Doubled the size of the US
What was the Irish potato famine
When the potatos in Ireland there main crop caught disease and stopped growing leaving many Irish starved.
What is a steam engine. What made it helpful.
Steam engine is an engine that uses steam to power it.mostly used on trains but Robert Fulton became the first person to successfully use it for his boat (steamboat). This became important for quickly moving goods to move against the directionof currents
Who did Washington agree with the most
a Alexander Hamilton b Thomas Jefferson
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What deal did. the US have with Spain? Why was the US worried? So what did the US do to stop worry?
To use the port and river in New Orleans for shipping goods and trading. Worried that France would close port So they sent Robert Livingston and James Monroe to meet with French and offer to buy new orleans. Which worked and France sold the entire colony of Louisiana to the US
what did immigrants do during canal age. Was it all good in the end?
All immigrants did backbreaking diffulcult work during the canal age and if you didnt die you would live in a home along the canal you built. And unlike slave they did get paid
What is the telegraph, what did it do?
Telegraph is a dive center that could send messages by using electrical signals by wire. The telegraph used morse code tho give meaning to the signals. morse code used dots to represent letters.ex=…. .. =hi
invented by Samuel FB morse and became the invention that would help tie nations together.