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Am Hist Test 3
Ch 8,9.10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who brokered the Missouri Compromise of 1820? | Sen. Henry Clay of KY in Congress |
| Briefly describe the Missouri Compromise. | In an effort to keep the balance of power equal between slave and free states, Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state. Slavery was prohibited north of 36' 30". |
| What was the Wilderness Road? | Road through the Cumberland Gap to Kentucky opening up settlement west of the Appalachians. First blazed by Daniel Boone. |
| Who led the Corps of Discovery? | Lewis & Clark |
| What was the mission of the Corps of Discovery? | The mission was to explore the Louisiana Territory along the Mississippi & Missouri Rivers. The team explored beyond the LA Territory to the Pacific coast. |
| The Battle of New Orleans was fought by what 2 groups? | Gen. Andrew Jackson & a conglomeration of American troops fought the British. |
| What was significant about the date of the Battle of New Orleans? | The Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812 had been signed 2 weeks prior to the battle. The war was officially over before the battle was fought. |
| When was the Battle of New Orleans? | January 8, 1815 |
| What other War of 1812 battle is associated with victory for Gen. Andrew Jackson? | Battle of Horseshoe Bend (AL). Jackson & his men from TN defeated Creek Indians. |
| Under what circumstances did Francis Scott Key write "The Star-Spangled Banner"? | Key had just witnessed the Battle of Ft. McHenry from aboard a British ship in Baltimore harbor when he wrote the poem which has become our national anthem. |
| What was the year of the Battle of Fort McHenry? | 1814 |
| What was the Hartford Convention? | A December 1814 meeting in Hartford, CT where New England delegates met and declared the right of a state to nullify or repeal and act of Congress. |
| Who won the War of 1812? | No one. US was finally recognized by British as a country which could defend itself. US and Britain began to work together to peacefully resolve conflicts. |
| What was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787? | A plan of government for the NW Territory until it was populated enough for admittance as a state into the Union. |
| What were 5 key components of the Northwest Ordiancne of 1787? | religious liberty, freedom of speech, right to a trial by jury, slavery prohibited and public schools to be established including religious instruction. |
| What is the Monroe Doctrine? | The foreign policy of Pres. James Monroe: no more Old World colonization in the New World and America will stay out of Europe's politics. |
| Why was Black Hawk's War fought? | Chief Black Hawk thought his tribe should be able to return and live on their land near Rock Island, IL. The IL state militia forced the tribe to return to designated lands west of the Mississippi River, per the Indian Removal Act. |
| What is the name given for the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia stirred up by black preacher, Nat Turner? | The Nat Turner Revolt |
| What are 3 important components of Jackson's presidential goals? | strong executive power, strong money, no national bank |
| What was considered by the South to be the "tariff of aboinations"? | Tariff of 1828 |
| What is a tariff? | A tax on imported goods |
| What senator from Massachusetts was considered to be the greatest orator in Congress in the early 19th century? | Daniel Webster |
| Who said, "Libery and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable?" | Daniel Webster |
| Who said, "Our Union: it must be preserved?" | Pres. Andrew Jackson |
| Who siad, "The Union: next to our liberties, most dear?" | VP John C. Calhoun |
| What political party was formed out of dislike for President Jackson? | Whig Party |
| What is an entrepreneur? | A person who risks personal loss to develop and market new ideas and products. |
| What is the name of the waterway which opened in 1825 linking the Northern Ohio Valley with the Midwest? | Erie Canal |
| Who was America's greatest science teacher in the early 19th century? | Louis Agassiz |
| What are clipper ships? | sleek, fast sailing ships |
| What former steamboat pilot wrote books describing life on and along the Mississippi River? | Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain |
| What lands did President Jefferson send Zebulon Pike to explore in the Louisiana Territory? | Pike was sent to explore the Arkansas River to the Rocky Mountains. |
| What was the Pony Express? | The fastest overland communication service before the telegraph. |
| Who invented the steel plow? | John Deere |
| Who improved the sewing machine? | Elias Howe, later, Isaac Singer made further improvements. |
| Who inventd the reaper? | Cyrus McCormick |
| Who improved the power loom in New England? | Francis Lowell |
| What frontier was called a "dark and bloody ground"? | Kentucky |
| A valley littered with fossils | Big Bone Lick |
| Who controlled the Alaskan Territory in early 19th century? | Russian traders |
| Who sold the Louisiana Territory to the US? | Napoleon Bonaparte of France |
| Who won the Battle of Lake Erie? | Oliver Hazard Perry |
| What army surgeon studied the digestive system by observing an unhealed gunshot wound? | William Beaumont |
| Who first used ether to anesthesize patients during surgery? | Crawford W Long of GA |
| Name the first woman physician in the US | Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell |
| What is practical use of scientific knowledge? | applied science |
| Who invented the steamboat? | Robert Fulton |
| What entrepreneur funded the transatlantic cable? | Cyrus Field |
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