2022-12-05 Flashcards
When did Thomas Jefferson win elections for the presidency?
1800 and 1804
Which men did Thomas Jefferson send in 1803 to Paris to negotiate a settlement with France to spend no more than 10 million dollars to buy the port city of New Orleans and as much land east as they could?
James Monroe and ambassador Robert Livingston
Who led a revolt against the French troops stationed on the island of Santo Domingo?
Toussaint L’Ouventure
Who in the Spring of 1804 led an expedition to explore the flora and fauna of the newly acquired land of the Louisana purchase?
Merriweather Lewis and William Clark
What was the controversial legislation brought about by Andrew Jackson?
Indian Removal Act
Who was Jackson’s VP?
John C. Calhoun
What did the Tariff of Abominations do?
Place hihg tax on imported goods
What did the “South Carolina Expedition” do?
nullify federal law in South Carolina
Who was the “Great Compromiser” who took the Tariff of Abominations to a lower rate
Henry Clay
Who was the prez of the bank of US from Philadelphia?
Nicholas Biddle
Who was the man from Tennessee who got grant from Mexican Government to settle families in Texas?
Stephen F. Austin
Who was the president and dictator of Texas who vowed to assert control over the Americans living there?
Santa Anna
Formal leader of Americans who was a southern commander, left family for Texas to fight for AMerican Independence
William Travis
Informal leader of the Americans, married a Mexican woman and learned Spanish, had conflict with William Travis
Jim Bowie
Former Congressman from Tennessee at Alamo who had achieved considerable fame
Davy Crockett
