US History - Chapter 12 Flashcards
A boat used by settlers to go down the Ohio River. A long boat with a flat bottom.
Flat boat
A pioneer who began the settlement of Kentucky; called “the pioneer of pioneers”
Daniel Boone
The trail cleared by Daniel Boone in Kentucky
The pioneer settlement in Kentucky named for Daniel Boone.
Wilderness Road
Boonseborough
A law that divided the Northwest Territory into townships and demanded that one section of land in each township be for a school.
Land Ordinance of 1785
Law that guaranteed the freedom and democracy the original states enjoyed would also be in the Northwest Territory.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
The section of land purchased from Napoleon Bonaparte (France) by President Jefferson that doubled the size of the United States.
Louisiana Purchase
The two young men who led the expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase.
Lewis and Clark
Captain Meriwether Lewis and Captain William Clark
The Indian woman who went with the Lewis and Clark expedition to translate into the Indian language
Sacagawea
One of the best known circuit-riding preachers of the Second Great Awakening.
Peter Cartwright
The president who purchased Florida from Spain.
President James Monroe
The president who purchased the Louisiana territory for the United States.
President Thomas Jefferson
This man wrote our national anthem.
What was the name of the national anthem?
In what battle did he write it?
During what war did he write it?
Francis Scott Key
Star-Spangled Banner
Fort McHenry
The War of 1812
This section of land became a part of the United States after the War for Independence
Northwest Territory
Which side won the war of 1812?
Neither side
Which President purchased Florida from Spain?
President James Monroe
Who was one of the most famous circuit riding preacher’s during the Second Great Awakening?
Peter Cartwright
Which dictator try to take away the liberties of Texans?
Santa Anna
How many men were killed defending the Alamo?
187
Who led the Texans in the Battle of San Jacinto?
Sam Houston
At what battle was Santa Anna captured and defeated?
The Battle of San Jacinto
What did Texas claim to be her boundary with Mexico?
The Rio Grande
Who was President during the Mexican War?
President James K. Polk
How long did the Mexican War last?
Two years
Why was the Gadsten purchase made?
So that a railroad could be built in the Southwest
On whose ranch was gold found in California in 1848?
John Sutter
Why were the man who went to California looking for gold called 49ers?
They came to California in 1849
Why did people in gold mining towns decide to live in tents?
Lumber was too expensive
What were deserted, empty towns in the West called?
Ghost towns
From what territory where the state of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho formed?
The Oregon Territory or Oregon Country
What missionary couple helped Indians and pioneers in Oregon?
The Whitmans
Who wrote the first school books especially for American school children?
What was the name of his first school book?
Noah Webster
the “Blue-backed Speller”
What man wrote a series of famous readers in the middle of the 19th century?
William H. McGuffey