8th Soc. Ch#8 Quiz

Question 0

What is the meaning of sectionalism

Answer 0

People’s interest in the region they live rather than the entire country

Question 1

When was the Louisiana purchase

Answer 1

1803

Question 2

What is secede

Answer 2

To formally withdraw/breakaway

Question 3

What is a commission

Answer 3

Written papers appointing a person to office

Question 4

Why did people settled the new western lands

Answer 4

*opportunity
*farming
*curiosity
*escape slavery
(because there was no law out there)

Question 5

Problems faced by the people who moved west

Answer 5

• slow travel
• indians
• food/water
• weather

Question 6

When was slave trade banned

Answer 6

1808

Question 7

Two men who were sent to explore the Louisiana purchase

Answer 7

William Clark/meriwether Lewis

Question 8

Amount the u.s. Paid for the Louisiana territory

Answer 8

$15 million

Question 9

Zebulon pike set out to discover

Answer 9

The source of the Mississippi River

Question 10

Chief Justice of the supreme court that heard the Marbury vs. Madison case

Answer 10

John Marshall

Question 11

France was was eager to sell the Louisiana territory because

Answer 11

Napoleon needed money for war

Question 12

Indians forces that were defeated at tippecanoe

Answer 12

Tecumseh

Question 13

Led the u.s. Forces against the Indians at tippecanoe

Answer 13

William Henry Harrison

Question 14

Emperor of France that sold Louisiana

Answer 14

Napoleon