Vocab

Question 1

William Clark

Answer 1

A skilled mapmaker and outdoorsman chosen to explore the Louisiana Territory

Question 2

Sacagawea

Answer 2

A young Native American woman who guided Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their expedition to explore territory gained through the Louisiana Purchase.

Question 3

Zebulon Pike

Answer 3

Led two expeditions, one of which explored the Colorado Rockies. Also let British know that the American Flag would be flying over the Louisiana Territory.

Question 4

Orders in Council

Answer 4

closed European ports to foreign shipping unless they stopped first in a British port

Question 5

Berlin and Milan Decrees

Answer 5

French statement of intent to seize any neutral shipping vessels that traded with British or obeyed the Orders in Council.

Question 6

Chesapeake Affair

Answer 6

centered around the British firing on American frigate when it refused to stop to allow British to search for a deserter. This incident stirred a desire for war among the American people.

Question 7

embargo

Answer 7

a government order prohibiting commercial ships sailing into or out of ports

Question 8

Tecumseh

Answer 8

Unified native tribes to resist westward settlement and restore Indian lands

Question 9

William Henry Harrison

Answer 9

General who marched on Prophetstown

Question 10

Henry Clay

Answer 10

led a coalition of western and southern Congressmen who were united by their strong nationalism and desire to be free of the English

Question 11

War Hawks

Answer 11

Congressman from the South and West who pushed for war against the British

Question 12

War of 1812

Answer 12

Britain and US fought over freedom of the sea, impressment

Question 13

Oliver Hazard Perry

Answer 13

Naval officer who led the US victory over the British on Lake Erie in 1813

Question 14

Andrew Jackson

Answer 14

Led forces to win the battle of New Orleans

Question 15

Battle of New Orleans

Answer 15

the last major conflict of the War of 1812, which made Andrew Jackson a hero

Question 16

Treaty of Ghent

Answer 16

treaty that ended the war of 1812

Question 17

nationalism

Answer 17

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country

Question 18

James Monroe

Answer 18

The Missouri Compromise in 1821., the fifth President of the United States .His administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida ; the Missouri Compromise , in which Missouri was declared a slave state; and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine

Question 19

caucus

Answer 19

a private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office

Question 20

incumbent

Answer 20

the person already holding an elective office

Question 21

Adams-Onis treaty

Answer 21

Agreement in which Spain gave up all of Florida to the United States

Question 22

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 22

A statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the United States or in the development of other countries in the Western Hemisphere.