Test 4, Chapters 8-10 Flashcards

1
Q

invented the steel plow

A

John Deere

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2
Q

traveled with Lewis and Clark

A

Sacagawea

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3
Q

invented a much-improved sewing machine

A

Elias Howe

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4
Q

won the Battle of Lake Erie

A

Oliver Hazard Perry

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5
Q

served as director of the National Bank

A

Nicholas Biddle

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6
Q

invented the reaper

A

Cyrus McCormick

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7
Q

worked with the transatlantic cable

A

Cyrus Field

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8
Q

served as President Jackson’s Vice President

A

Martin Van Buren

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9
Q

sold territory of Louisiana to United States

A

Napoleon Bonaparte

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10
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improved the power loom and built textile factories in New England

A

Francis Cabot Lowell

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11
Q

A terrible potato famine caused much hardship in the country of _______

A

Ireland

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12
Q

The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 settled the boundary between _____ and the United States

A

Canada

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13
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The trail that Daniel Boone cleared through the Cumberland Gap was called the _______

A

Wilderness Road

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14
Q

Washington, D.C. was burned during the __________

A

War of 1812

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15
Q

The ______ Compromise preserved peace between the North and South

A

Missouri

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16
Q

The Louisiana Purchase ____ the size of the United States

A

doubled

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17
Q

Vice President ________ wrote a pamphlet in support of states’ rights

A

John C. Calhoun

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18
Q

The man sent by President Jefferson to explore the lands from the Arkansas River to the Rockies was Lieutenant _______

A

Zebulon Pike

19
Q

The ‘‘man from Tennessee’’ who won the Presidency in 1828 was __________

A

Andrew Jackson

20
Q

Alexander Hamilton died in a duel with

A

Aaron Burr

21
Q

To stop land speculation in the West, President Jackson issued a ________ requiring that all public lands be paid for in silver and gold

A

Specie Circular

22
Q

The _________, though short-lived, was the fasted overland communication service before the telegraph

A

Pony Express

23
Q

'’dark and bloody ground’’

A

Kentucky

24
Q

won from the British as a result of the War for Independence

A

Northwest Territory

25
Q

valley littered with fossils

A

Big Bone Lick

26
Q

controlled by Russian traders

A

Alaska

27
Q

What was considered by the South to be the ‘‘Tariff of Abominations’’?

A

Tariff of 1828

28
Q

Where was a great American victory won AFTER the War of 1812 was over?

A

New Orleans

29
Q

Who invented the telegraph?

A

Samuel Morse

30
Q

What is an entrepreneur?

A

one who risks personal loss to develop and market new products or ideas

31
Q

Who was America’s greatest science teacher?

A

Louis Agassiz

32
Q

What senator from Massachusetts was the greatest orator in Congress

A

Daniel Webster

33
Q

What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provide for?

A

public schools with religious instruction

34
Q

What territorial governor led an American force that defeated the Indians at the Battle of Tippecanoe?

A

William Henry Harrison

35
Q

Which inventor made important improvements on the sewing machine?

A

Isaac Merrit Singer

36
Q

What political party was formed out of dislike for President Jackson and his powerful Presidency?

A

Whig

37
Q

What famous poem did Francis Scott Key write?

A

'’The Star-Spangled Banner’’

38
Q

What famous author used his experiences as a steamboat pilot to write books such as Life on the Mississippi?

A

Samuel Clemens (or Mark Twain)

39
Q

What was the name for the sleek, record-breaking sailing ships built in America?

A

clipper ships

40
Q

What mountain is named after the famous explorer Zebulon Pike?

A

Pike’s Peak

41
Q

What policy warned European powers against interfering in the Western Hemisphere?

A

Monroe Doctrine

42
Q

In what ways did the War of 1812 benefit the United States in the years to come?

A
  • The United States and Great Britain began to respect each other’s claims in North America
  • The war encouraged the growth of the American industry
  • The diminished threat from England encouraged settlement in the West
43
Q

Identify the locations numbered on the map of the eastern United States.

A

Cape Cod, Chesapeake Bay, North Carolina, Florida, Hudson River, New York, Georgia, Maine, Long Island, Cape Hatteras