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Study Guide 4 L&C
America during the era of the Louisiana Purchase
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When did Napoleon Bonaparte become Emperor of France? | 1804 |
| Who was the 3rd president of the US? | Thomas Jefferson |
| What was Marbury vs Madison? | the Supreme Court case that established judicial review |
| What is judicial review? | the right of the Supreme Court to determine if a law violates the Constitution |
| What was Jefferson's home called? | Monticello |
| What is Washington D.C.? | The capital of the United States |
| Where is Washington D.C. located? | Between Maryland and Virginia, along the Potomac River |
| When did the capital of the US move from New York City to Washington, D.C? | In 1800 |
| Who was the first president to live in the White House? | John Adams lived in the White House first during the last part of his presidency |
| What did Jefferson believe in as president? | the growth of small farms; westward expansion; small federal government |
| Where did many Americans move in the early 1800s? | out west, crossing the Appalachian Mountains |
| What type of vehicle did many Americans use for travelling west? | Conestoga wagons |
| What was the western border of the United States in 1800? | the Mississippi River |
| Who owned the area west of the Mississippi River in 1800? | Spain |
| What was the area west of the Mississippi River called in 1800? | the Louisiana Territory |
| Who did Spain transfer the Louisiana Territory to in 1802? | France |
| What did Jefferson send Robert Livingston to France to do? | Try to buy the Louisiana Territory from France for $10 million |
| Who owned the island of Santo Domingo in 1802? | France |
| What happened in Santo Domingo in 1802? | There was a slave revolt on the island, led by Toussaint L'Ouverture. |
| Who won the slave revolt? | the slaves won and defeated France. The island became an independent republic, and France was driven out of the area. |
| What new name did Santo Domingo take? | the island changed its name to Haiti |
| After the slave revolt, what did Napoleon do? | He sold the Louisiana Territory to the US for $15 million. |
| What happened to the size of the US with the purchase of the Louisiana Territory? | It doubled in size |
| Who did Jefferson send to explore the newly added Louisiana Territory? | William Clark and Meriwether Lewis |
| What was the name of Lewis and Clark's expedition? | the Corps of Discovery |
| What city did the Corps leave from? | St. Louis, Missouri |
| What Native American woman guided the expedition? | Sacagawea |
| How long did it take the Corps to reach the Pacific Ocean? | 18 months; 4000 miles |
| What other explorer also explored the Lousiana Territory, in what is now Colorado? | Zebulon Pike |
| How did Federalists feel about the Louisiana Purchase? | They thought it would make the Republican party stronger and the Federalist party weaker |
| What did Federalists want to do? | They wanted to secede from the Union |
| What does secede mean? | to withdraw |
| What happened to Alexander Hamilton? | He was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr |
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