The New United States

Question 1

What country sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?

Answer 1

France

Question 2

Where did the Corps of Discovery spend their first winter in 1804?

Answer 2

Fort Mandan

Question 3

Old Toby from the Shoshone nation led the Corps of Discovery through which mountains?

Answer 3

Bitteroot

Question 4

Which president ordered the Corps of Discovery?

Answer 4

Thomas Jeffferson

Question 5

The British navy sometimes captured American and forced them to work on British ships. What was this practice called?

Answer 5

impressment

Question 6

Which French leader sold the Louisiana Territory to the US?

Answer 6

Napolean

Question 7

Who did Thomas Jefferson appoint to lead the exploration of the Louisiana Territory?

Answer 7

Meriwhether Lewis

Question 8

Who was Meriwhether Lewis’s assistant for the Voyage of Discovery?

Answer 8

William Clark

Question 9

What was the name of the Shoshone woman who became Lewis and Clark’s guide?

Answer 9

Sacagawea

Question 10

Which document is the supreme law of the United States of America?

Answer 10

Constitution

Question 11

What are the first 10 amendments of the Constitution called?

Answer 11

Bill of Rights

Question 12

Who was the first elected president of the United States?

Answer 12

George Washington

Question 13

What words did George Washington add to the presidential oath?

Answer 13

so help me God

Question 14

What were some of the key issues delegates discussed during the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

Answer 14

• The need for a stronger federal government while still protecting the rights of states and citizens
• Representation in the Legislative Branch
• Weak Articles of Confederation
  -Presidential election process
• Slavery

Question 15

Why was the 3/5th Compromise necessary?

Answer 15

Southern states had wanted representation apportioned by population

Question 16

What was the Great Compromise?

Answer 16

Small-state delegates demanded, with comparable intensity, that all states be equally represented in both houses.

Question 17

What were the four guidelines of the Northwest Ordinance?

Answer 17

• New states would be = to original 13
• religious freedom
• native nations treated fairly
• slavery illegal

Question 18

Why was the presidential campaign of 1800 so mean and bitter?

Answer 18

Because it was against the President and the Vice President, also they didn’t believe in the same things.

Question 19

Type the Preamble of the US Constitution

Answer 19

“to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, [and] promote the general Welfare.”