1789-1838

Question 1

who could vote in 1789

Answer 1

white propertied men

Question 2

when did America fight for independence from britain

Answer 2

1776-1783

Question 3

who was the first president

Answer 3

George Washington

Question 4

what did population need to be to be a state

Answer 4

60,000

Question 5

how much of government budget did Washington spend into a campaign agains Native Americans in 1791

Answer 5

80%

Question 6

Which year was the battle of fallen timbers

Answer 6

1794

Question 7

what did the battle of fallen timbers lead to

Answer 7

Treaty of Greenville

Question 8

what happened because of the treaty of greenville

Answer 8

allowed the US to take parts of the northwestern territory

Question 9

first 13 states

Answer 9

Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virgin Island

Question 10

where were the first 13 states based

Answer 10

in the east

Question 11

who was the 3rd president

Answer 11

Thomas Jefferson

Question 12

when did Thomas Jefferson become president

Answer 12

1801-1809

Question 13

what did Jefferson want to do

Answer 13

open new land routes across the continent

Question 14

when was the Louisiana Purchase

Answer 14

1803

Question 15

how much did the French sell Louisiana for

Answer 15

$15 million

Question 16

how much land did Louisiana add to the US

Answer 16

530 million acres

Question 17

who were given the task of exploring new lands in 1804 by Jefferson

Answer 17

Lewis and Clark

Question 18

what did Lewis and Clark’s exploration lead to

Answer 18

an explosion in the fur trade

Question 19

when did New Orleans (in Louisiana) become the 4th biggest city in the US

Answer 19

1819

Question 20

which two states were added to Louisiana by 1819

Answer 20

Mississippi and Alabama

Question 21

What were Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama known as

Answer 21

the Cotton Kingdom

Question 22

what happened as the south grew

Answer 22

became more influential in politics

Question 23

when was Andrew Jackson President

Answer 23

1829-1837

Question 24

what did andrew Jackson support

Answer 24

slavery

Question 25

what happened to Native Americans as the USA spread in the 1790s

Answer 25

forced to move west into regions inhabited by other tribes causing conflict

Question 26

why did slaveholders want to expand plantations further south

Answer 26

warmer climate for cotton growing

Question 27

what was set up between 1790-1838

Answer 27

thousands of slave plantations in the new territories

Question 28

what were Abolitionists

Answer 28

wanted to end slavery all together

Question 29

when was the cotton gin invented

Answer 29

1793

Question 30

how much faster was the cotton gin

Answer 30

50 times faster

Question 31

when did while settlers go into the lands of the 'Five Civilised Tribes'

Answer 31

1790s

Question 32

why were southern whites worried about slavery's risks

Answer 32

in 1803 there was a successful slave revolt in the Caribbean- St Dominique

Question 33

who organised a revolt in the south in january 1811

Answer 33

Charles Deslondes

Question 34

how did the 1811 slave revolt end

Answer 34

brutally crushed

Question 35

who were the 5 civilised tribes

Answer 35

Cherokee , Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole

Question 36

what did the 'civilised tribes' try to do

Answer 36

live alongside white Americans

Question 37

how many slaves were sold to the south between 1815-1819

Answer 37

100,000

Question 38

by 1820, what percentage of US exports were made up by cotton

Answer 38

42%

Question 39

what did the 1820 Missouri Compromise do

Answer 39

drew a virtual line across the middle of the country- below= slave , above= free

Question 40

why were states added in pairs

Answer 40

one slave and one free to keep the balance of power in government

Question 41

how did the Cherokee live by 1820

Answer 41

had their own churches, schools, newspaper

Question 42

how much cotton did the USA produce by 1838

Answer 42

over a million bales every year

Question 43

who persuaded congress to pass the Indian Removal Act 1830

Answer 43

Andrew Jackson

Question 44

when was the indian removal act

Answer 44

1830

Question 45

where did Jackson set aside permanent native american territory

Answer 45

west of the Mississippi river

Question 46

what did Jackson believe about tribes

Answer 46

they should be treated like children

Question 47

which tribes signed treaties and moved

Answer 47

The Choctaw and Chickasaw (15,000)

Question 48

how much land had the Choctaw and Chickasaw given up

Answer 48

11 million acres

Question 49

who took their case to the supreme court to complain about Georgia trying to remove them in 1832

Answer 49

The Cherokee and won

Question 50

who refused to sign treaties

Answer 50

The Creek

Question 51

when did only some seminole agree to move to Indian territory

Answer 51

1830

Question 52

what happened as a result of the Seminole wars 1835-1842

Answer 52

Chief killed and they lost, forced to move west

Question 53

what was the Creek's treaty in 1832

Answer 53

gave up some of Alabama and were promised their own sections of land

Question 54

why did the Creek begin attacking settlers

Answer 54

white settlers moved onto their lands in 1835

Question 55

when did the Army forcibly remove the Creek

Answer 55

between 1836 and 1837

Question 56

how many Cherokee had moved to Indian territory by 1838

Answer 56

2000

Question 57

What was the trail of tears

Answer 57

Cherokee forced to march west

Question 58

how many died in the trail of tears

Answer 58

4000 due to starvation, cold and disease

Question 59

how many Indians were moved from their own land by the government by 1838

Answer 59

46,000