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S.S. 5th
Ch 7
Question | Answer |
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What was Thomas Jefferson in Washington's Cabinet | Secretary of State |
What was Alexander Hamilton in Washington's Cabinet | Secretary of Treasury |
What was Henry Knox in Washington's Cabinet | Secretary of War |
What was Edmund Randolph in Washington's Cabinet | Attorney General |
What does Secretary of State do | Handles relations with other countries |
What does Secretary of Treasury do | Deals with national money matters |
What does Secretary of War do | Conducts war and protects the nation |
What does Attorney General do | Handles legal issues and law enforcement |
The followers of Jefferson and Hamilton became what | The country's first political parties |
What do members of political parties do | Work to elect their candidates to government offices |
In 1791, what did the Union do | Add its 14th state, Vermont |
As the nation grew, what did people begin to feel | There was not enough fertile land in the East |
What did people begin to do since they wanted fertile land | Look for land west of the Appalachian Mountains to build new lives |
Who did Jefferson send to France to try to buy the port of New Orleans and some land nearby | James Monroe |
Where did Jefferson send James Monroe to try to buy the port of New Orleans and some land nearby | France |
Who did James Monroe negotiate with in France | The leader of France, Napoleon Bonaparte |
Why and who did Napoleon sell ALL OF LOUISIANA TERRITORY to America | They were fighting a war with Great Britain and needed money |
Where was Washington D.C. built | On the Potomac River in between Maryland and Virginia. It would not be part of either state |
What were Lewis and Clark's three goals | Explore the Missouri and Columbia Rivers to see if they could find a water route to the Pacific Ocean, meet and learn about the Native Americans who live in the region, take notes on life |
Between 1838-1839 what did the U.S. Army o | Force about 15,000 Cherokees to travel about 1,000 miles to Indian Territory |
What could the cotton gin do | Clean as much cotton in one day as 50 people could clean by hand |
What did many woman promote | Temperance, or stopping the drinking of alcohol |
What did Emma Willard do | Open a school for female students in Troy, New York, that offered college courses |