Unit 8

Question 1

Who did Thomas Jefferson share a death date with?

Answer 1

John Adams

Question 2

What anniversary did Jefferson die on? And how many years has passed since that event?

Answer 2

Signing of the Declaration of Independence. 50 years

Question 3

What was the name of Jeffersons home and what did it mean?

Answer 3

Monticello and little mountain

Question 4

Who was the legal owner of the Louisiana territory before it was sold to the United States?

Answer 4

Spain

Question 5

How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana territory?

Answer 5

15 Million

Question 6

Why did they sell the Louisiana territory?

Answer 6

Needed money for war they were fighting

Question 7

Who sent the explorers west?

Answer 7

Jefferson

Question 8

What was the group who explored the west called?

Answer 8

Lewis and Clark

Question 9

What were the major rivers used to explore the west?

Answer 9

Missouri, Yellowstone, Columbia, and Snake

Question 10

What was the name of the guide?

Answer 10

Sacajawea

Question 11

What was the “gateway” called the expedition left from?

Answer 11

St. Louis

Question 12

What other name does the war of 1812 have?

Answer 12

Second war of independence

Question 13

Who was the president during the war of 1812?

Answer 13

James Madison

Question 14

Who was the person responsible for writing the star spangled banner?

Answer 14

Francis Scott key

Question 15

Where was he Francis Scott Key when he wrote it?

Answer 15

Fort Mchenry

Question 16

Who sold the books to the library of congress after it was burned down?

Answer 16

Jefferson

Question 17

Whose nickname was old hickory? And what battle does he become famous? How many weeks had the war been over when he caught the battle?

Answer 17

Andrew Jackson & battle of New Orleans. 2 weeks.

Question 18

What is another name for a bribe?

Answer 18

Tribute

Question 19

What was the name of the ship that was set in fire by the Americans?

Answer 19

Philadelphia

Question 20

Who was the person who was sent to find the source of the Mississippi?

Answer 20

Zebulon Pike

Question 21

What is the difference between War Hawks and War Doves?

Answer 21

War hawks are pro war while War Doves are anti war. War hawks are also from the South and War Doves are from the north.

Question 22

What is an embargo?

Answer 22

Prohibit trade with another country

Question 23

What is a judicial review

Answer 23

Review laws to see if they’re constitutional

Question 24

What does Laissez faire mean?

Answer 24

Let alone

Question 25

What does impressment mean?

Answer 25

Capture of sailors to force them into service to another country

Question 26

What did Dolley Madison do when the White House was under attack of the British?

Answer 26

Saved documents and portraits

Question 27

What did the Spanish think when they met Pike?

Answer 27

He was a spy

Question 28

What was the name of the first White House?

Answer 28

Presidential palace

Question 29

What was the name of the treaty that ended the war of 1812?

Answer 29

Treaty of Ghent

Question 30

Who was the person that made the Star Spangled Banner flag?

Answer 30

Mary Pickergill

Question 31

What was the group who explored the west called?

Answer 31

Core of discovery