Test 4, Chapters 8-10 Flashcards
invented the steel plow
John Deere
traveled with Lewis and Clark
Sacagawea
invented a much-improved sewing machine
Elias Howe
won the Battle of Lake Erie
Oliver Hazard Perry
served as director of the National Bank
Nicholas Biddle
invented the reaper
Cyrus McCormick
worked with the transatlantic cable
Cyrus Field
served as President Jackson’s Vice President
Martin Van Buren
sold territory of Louisiana to United States
Napoleon Bonaparte
improved the power loom and built textile factories in New England
Francis Cabot Lowell
A terrible potato famine caused much hardship in the country of _______
Ireland
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 settled the boundary between _____ and the United States
Canada
The trail that Daniel Boone cleared through the Cumberland Gap was called the _______
Wilderness Road
Washington, D.C. was burned during the __________
War of 1812
The ______ Compromise preserved peace between the North and South
Missouri
The Louisiana Purchase ____ the size of the United States
doubled
Vice President ________ wrote a pamphlet in support of states’ rights
John C. Calhoun
The man sent by President Jefferson to explore the lands from the Arkansas River to the Rockies was Lieutenant _______
Zebulon Pike
The ‘‘man from Tennessee’’ who won the Presidency in 1828 was __________
Andrew Jackson
Alexander Hamilton died in a duel with
Aaron Burr
To stop land speculation in the West, President Jackson issued a ________ requiring that all public lands be paid for in silver and gold
Specie Circular
The _________, though short-lived, was the fasted overland communication service before the telegraph
Pony Express
'’dark and bloody ground’’
Kentucky
won from the British as a result of the War for Independence
Northwest Territory
valley littered with fossils
Big Bone Lick
controlled by Russian traders
Alaska
What was considered by the South to be the ‘‘Tariff of Abominations’’?
Tariff of 1828
Where was a great American victory won AFTER the War of 1812 was over?
New Orleans
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
What is an entrepreneur?
one who risks personal loss to develop and market new products or ideas
Who was America’s greatest science teacher?
Louis Agassiz
What senator from Massachusetts was the greatest orator in Congress
Daniel Webster
What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provide for?
public schools with religious instruction
What territorial governor led an American force that defeated the Indians at the Battle of Tippecanoe?
William Henry Harrison
Which inventor made important improvements on the sewing machine?
Isaac Merrit Singer
What political party was formed out of dislike for President Jackson and his powerful Presidency?
Whig
What famous poem did Francis Scott Key write?
'’The Star-Spangled Banner’’
What famous author used his experiences as a steamboat pilot to write books such as Life on the Mississippi?
Samuel Clemens (or Mark Twain)
What was the name for the sleek, record-breaking sailing ships built in America?
clipper ships
What mountain is named after the famous explorer Zebulon Pike?
Pike’s Peak
What policy warned European powers against interfering in the Western Hemisphere?
Monroe Doctrine
In what ways did the War of 1812 benefit the United States in the years to come?
- 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
Identify the locations numbered on the map of the eastern United States.
Cape Cod, Chesapeake Bay, North Carolina, Florida, Hudson River, New York, Georgia, Maine, Long Island, Cape Hatteras
