Social Studies Chapter 9, Section 2 Flashcards
Importance of Mississippi River to western farmers
The western farmers needed the Mississippi to transport their goods to the east coast and to other countries
Conestoga Wagons
Wagons topped with a white canvas that settlers moving west used to transport their household goods
Louisiana Territory ownership
The Spanish owned it first then it was given to the French by the Spanish and then bought by America because they were scared of French expansion
James Monroe
A representative who was sent by Thomas Jefferson to offer 10 million dollars to Napoleon for New Orleans and west Florida
Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson was scared that Napoleon would try to take over America so he offered Napoleon $10 million for west Florida and New Orleans but was instead offered $15 million for all of the Louisiana Territory
Charles de Talleyrand
The French foreign minister who went to James Monroe and Robert Livingston to make a deal with them for all of the Louisiana Territory for 15 million dollars
William Clark
A friend of Meriwether Lewis from the army who was elected to co- lead an expedition through territory from the Louisiana Purchase
Meriwether Lewis
Thomas Jefferson’s private secretary who was chosen by Jefferson to co- lead an expedition through the Louisiana Territory
Zebulon Pike
A lieutenant in the army who led two expeditions through parts of the Louisiana Territory and discovered a mountain he called Grand Peak(now Pikes Peak) which was, at the time, the biggest mountain in America
Louisiana Purchase and Constitutional rights
The Federalists said that the Louisiana Purchase was against the Constitution because the Constitution never said anything about buying land. Thomas Jefferson said it was a treaty which was allowed
Duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
Hamilton fired first and missed on purpose but Burr shot to hit and killed Hamilton
Secede
Withdraw
