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What are the requirements for an “Organized Territory”?

• Congress appoints a governor

• When population reached 5,000 adult male landowners

• Elect territorial legislature.

What are the series of laws that set up the requirements for a state to enter

the union?

• The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

What are the requirements of a state? (3)

• When population reached 60,000

• People write constitution

• The People ask CONGRESS to admit them as a state

What is outlawed in each territory of the U.S. in the Northwest Ordinance ?

• Slavery

What is required to be supported in the new territorial growth?

• Public Education (tax supported)

How many states were added to the U.S. under the procedures of the N.W.

Ordinance? • 37

What political party was T. Jefferson affiliated with?

• Democratic Republican

What is the word for the large size of federal government?

•Bureaucracy

What is the name of the Chief Justice who was in place for much of the country’s first constitutional laws?

• John Marshall

Which case was the first time that Judicial review was used in the U.S.?

• Marbury vs. Madison

What is Judicial Review?

• The power of the Supreme Court to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.

Where was a slave revolt that started the sale of the Louisiana Purchase?

• Haiti slave revolt

What French leader sold the Louisiana Territory?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

For how much $$$ did the U.S. purchase the Louisiana Territory?

• 15 Million

Under what President was the Louisiana Purchase completed?

• Thomas Jefferson

What did the Purchase of the Louisiana Territory do to the size of the

U.S.? • It doubled the size

What is the name of the group of people that were assigned to explore

the newly acquired territory of the Louisiana Purchase?

• The Corp of Discovery

What was Jefferson’s goal with the Louisiana Territory’s exploration?

• To find a direct & practicable water communication across this continent, for the purposes commerce.

Who were the two lead explorers of the Corp of Discovery?

• Lewis and Clark

What river was the main path of the Corp of Discovery?

• The Missouri River

What did the Corp of Discovery bring back from their mission? (3)

• They surveyed the land, created accurate maps, and brought back artifacts.

What trail was later associated with the path of the Corp of Discovery?

• The Oregon Trail

Who acted as a guide on the Corp of Discovery?

• Sacagawea

Who did Jefferson attack to free up Navigation Rights in the

Mediterranean?

• The Barbary Pirates

What was the act passed by the Democratic-Republicans to cut off

trade with all nations in an effort to keep the United States neutral.

• Embargo Act

The illegal stopping, searching, and removal of sailors from United States

ships?

• Impressment

What country impressed American sailors?

•Britain

What was one incident of British impressment that infuriated the U.S.

public?

• The USS Chesapeake incident

What concept was started with Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana

Territory?

•Manifest Destiny

What does Manifest Destiny mean?

• belief prevalent in the 19th century that the United States had the God-given right to expand into and possess the whole of the North American continent.

Who is the president of the U.S. during the War of 1812?

• James Madison

What is the name of the Shawnee from the Ohio River Valley who

organized armed resistance against settlers?

• Tecumseh

What battle was fought between the United States & Native

Americans of the N. West territory.

•Battle of Tippecanoe

Who was the leader of the American troops in the Battle of Tippecanoe?

•William Henry Harrison

What was the name given to Americans who favored war against Britain?

•War Hawks

From what regions of the U.S. were the War Hawks?

•West and the South

Name the two predominant War hawks ?

• John C. Calhoun

•Henry Clay

What are the four reasons that the U.S. went to war with Britain in 1812?

• British restrictions on American trade

• British policy of impressments

• Trouble with Indians in the West

• Drive the British out of North America

At what battle was the “Star spangled banner” written? Who wrote it?

• Battle of Fort McHenry

• Francis Scott Key

Where did the U.S. attack Britain in the War of 1812? Where did Britain attack

the U.S.?

•Canada

•Washington DC

What was the final peace treaty of the War of 1812? Who won the war?

• Treaty of Ghent

• Nothing was gained by either side. (a draw/tie)

Where was there an attempt by New England Federalists to secede from the

Union? What did this do to the Federalist party?

• Hartford Convention

• It ended their popularity

Where did Andrew Jackson lead his forces in two battles during the War of

1812? What was his nickname?

• Horseshoe Bend Alabama

• New Orleans

• “Old Hickory”

What was significant about the Battle of New Orleans?

• It was fought after the Treaty of Ghent (end of the war) was settled.

• Nationalism and Morale was high due to the victory.

What are three results of the War of 1812?

• Pride and Patriotism

• Growth of American Industry

• Development of American Culture

Who developed the “American System”? What was it (3 parts)?

• Henry Clay

–Protective Tariffs

–New transportation system

–New national Bank

What are two different internal improvements that were part of the

“American System”?

• National Road

• Erie Canal- Hudson River to Lake Erie

What contributed to the Rise of New York City?

• The trade that grew when the Erie Canal made the city harbors the link between European merchants and the agricultural markets of the West.

What is the time period after the War of 1812 considered? Who was the

president that acquired Florida? ? What was the treaty called?

• Era of Good Feelings

• Monroe

• Adams-Onis Treaty

What was the name of Monroe’s

Foreign Policy? Who was it directed towards? In what areas was it

protecting? • Monroe Doctrine

• European Powers

• Americas (Western Hemisphere)

What river was the boarder of the North West Territory? (slavery would

not be allowed on the other side)

• Ohio River

Who did the U.S. believed was supplying the natives of the N.W.

Territory with weapons?

• The British

What president’s wife saved George Washington’s portrait?

• James Madison- his wife was Dolley Madison

What official “Act” did President Jefferson repeal (take back) once he

was in office?

• The Alien and Sedition Acts

What did the Corp of Discovery blaze as a pattern for a future “trail”?

•The Oregon Trail

What was the U.S. ship that was attacked by the British during War of

1812?

•U.S.S. Chesapeake

Jefferson’s vision of individualism and liberty brought about the era known

as

• Jeffersonian Democracy

What was the odd thing that happened to William Henry Harrison

during his presidency?

• He only lived for 34 days into office before dying.

Why was the War of 1812 easier for the U.S. to fight Britain at this time?

• Because Britain was already at war with France.

How did New England trade change during the War of 1812?

• they began to increase production and output of its own mills and factories.