TMoA American Expansion 1798-1838

Question 1

How many states were there when America first became a republic (1798)?

Answer 1

13

Question 2

How many states in 1838?

Answer 2

28

Question 3

Why expand initially?

Answer 3

-George Washington fought the Native Americans for land
-Plantations needed to expand
-Louisiana Purchase 1803
-Thomas Jefferson opened up teritories to encourage trade

Question 4

Growth of the South

Answer 4

-Used slave labour to pick cotton on plantations so the more plantations that opperated means more slaves were needed
-1793 Cotton Gin

Question 5

When was the cotton gin invented and by who?

Answer 5

1793
Eli Whitney
Improved cotton production by 50x

Question 6

How many slaves in 1838

Answer 6

2 million

Question 7

Missouri Compromise

Answer 7

-Equal number of slave and free states
-Paired states

Question 8

Removal of Native American Tribes

Answer 8

-5 civilised tribes (Cherokee, Creek, Chicasaw, Chocktaw, Semiole)
-White settlers wanted them off the land
-Indian Removal Act 1830

Question 9

Indian Removal Act 1830

Answer 9

Promised money if they left
Two tribes signed it
Two didn’t which lead to the Trail of Tears
14000 died

Question 10

Louisiana Purchase

Answer 10

530 million square acres of land
1803
Expansion of plantations

Question 11

North South Divide

Answer 11

South supported slavery while the North did not
North had a lower population

Question 12

Yeoman Farmers

Answer 12

American Dream
Heard buffalo and cattle
Pushed out Native Americans

Question 13

Louis and Clark

Answer 13

Co-leaders of an expedition tasked with exploring land that the United States had recently got
8000 mile long trek