Chapter 11

Question 0

“The Star Spangled Banner” is the _____ of the United States.

Answer 0

national anthem

Question 1

The ____ doubled the size of the United States.

Answer 1

Louisiana Purchase

Question 2

The _____ is made up of people chosen by each state to vote for the President and Vice President.

Answer 2

electoral college

Question 3

Daniel Boone was a ______, or person who pushed westward searching for land to settle.

Answer 3

pioneer

Question 4

to remain ____ is to not take sides.

Answer 4

neutral

Question 5

A _______ _____ is an organized group of people who share a view of what government should be and do.

Answer 5

political party

Question 6

The _____ _____ _____ was fought in the present-day state of India between United States forces and Tecumseh’s soldiers.

Answer 6

Battle of Tippecanoe

Question 7

The _____ _____ _____ _____ took place after the official end to the War of 1812 because the news had not yet arrived from Europe.

Answer 7

Battle of New Orleans

Question 8

The _____ ____ _____ is remembered for dramatic battles at sea.

Answer 8

War of 1812

Question 9

______ is the ceremony when a newly elected President swears loyalty to the Constitution and takes office.

Answer 9

Inauguration

Question 10

The ______ is the edge of settlement for earl settlers who pushed westward.

Answer 10

frontier

Question 11

Members of Congress who pressed for war against Britain were known as ____ ____

Answer 11

War Hawks

Question 12

Thomas Jefferson was the _____ President of the United States.

Answer 12

third

Question 13

Jefferson believed that the power of government belongs in the hands of the ______.

Answer 13

people

Question 14

In search of new lands to settle, Americans began moving _____ long before Jefferson became President.

Answer 14

westward

Question 15

Daniel Boone, an early pioneer, created the trail known as the ________ ________.

Answer 15

Wideness Road

Question 16

Boone led many pioneers through the ______ _______, across the Appalachian Mountains.

Answer 16

Cumberland Gap

Question 17

Settlers along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers used these waterways as ______ routes to ship their products south.

Answer 17

trade

Question 18

Goods shipped along the Mississippi went to the Spanish-controlled port of ______ _____ and then to the East Coast and Europe.

Answer 18

New Orleans

Question 19

The United States doubled in size with the _____ _____, acquiring land that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.

Answer 19

Louisiana Purchase

Question 20

Jefferson was interested in the lands to the west and chose ______ and ______ to head an expedition to explore an unknown area.

Answer 20

Lewis, Clark

Question 21

The expedition to explore the West included help from a French trapper and his Shostone wife, __________, who served asa guide and interpreter for the expedition.

Answer 21

Sacagawea

Question 22

What is one unfulfilled American expectation of the War of 1812?

Answer 22

The United States never took control of Canada.