Chapter 11 Flashcards
“The Star Spangled Banner” is the _____ of the United States.
national anthem
The ____ doubled the size of the United States.
Louisiana Purchase
The _____ is made up of people chosen by each state to vote for the President and Vice President.
electoral college
Daniel Boone was a ______, or person who pushed westward searching for land to settle.
pioneer
to remain ____ is to not take sides.
neutral
A _______ _____ is an organized group of people who share a view of what government should be and do.
political party
The _____ _____ _____ was fought in the present-day state of India between United States forces and Tecumseh’s soldiers.
Battle of Tippecanoe
The _____ _____ _____ _____ took place after the official end to the War of 1812 because the news had not yet arrived from Europe.
Battle of New Orleans
The _____ ____ _____ is remembered for dramatic battles at sea.
War of 1812
______ is the ceremony when a newly elected President swears loyalty to the Constitution and takes office.
Inauguration
The ______ is the edge of settlement for earl settlers who pushed westward.
frontier
Members of Congress who pressed for war against Britain were known as ____ ____
War Hawks
Thomas Jefferson was the _____ President of the United States.
third
Jefferson believed that the power of government belongs in the hands of the ______.
people
In search of new lands to settle, Americans began moving _____ long before Jefferson became President.
westward
Daniel Boone, an early pioneer, created the trail known as the ________ ________.
Wideness Road
Boone led many pioneers through the ______ _______, across the Appalachian Mountains.
Cumberland Gap
Settlers along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers used these waterways as ______ routes to ship their products south.
trade
Goods shipped along the Mississippi went to the Spanish-controlled port of ______ _____ and then to the East Coast and Europe.
New Orleans
The United States doubled in size with the _____ _____, acquiring land that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson was interested in the lands to the west and chose ______ and ______ to head an expedition to explore an unknown area.
Lewis, Clark
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.
Sacagawea
What is one unfulfilled American expectation of the War of 1812?
The United States never took control of Canada.
