Chapter 4

Question 0

Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?

Answer 0

He was the dictator of France

Question 1

Name two important events that were happening in France about the same time George Washington became president

Answer 1

Number one. The French had a rebellion. Number two. Napoleon becomes a dictator.

Question 2

What was Napoleon Bonaparte’s secret treaty all about?

Answer 2

That Spain had to give St. Louis back to France

Question 3

Why did Pres. Thomas Jefferson attempt to buy New Orleans?

Answer 3

Because he wanted more land and he thought that he could not win a war with France

Question 4

Who did Jefferson sand to France to negotiate with Napoleon?

Answer 4

Robert Livingston and James Munroe

Question 5

What to events led Napoleon to decide to sell all of Louisiana to the United States?

Answer 5

Number one. Losing the colony of St. Dominique. Number two. The French were stricken with diseases.

Question 6

How many acres of land did United States gained by its purchase of the Louisiana territory?

Answer 6

500,000,000 acres

Question 7

In less than one months time, which three flags flew over the Louisiana territory?

Answer 7

Spanish, French, United States

Question 8

What two things did Pres. Jefferson hope to achieve by sending man to explore the newly purchased lands and beyond?

Answer 8

Number one. To learn more about the land and its people. Number two. To find the Northwest passage.

Question 9

Name two things Meriwether Lewis did to prepare for his long journey?

Answer 9

He studied the stars and he learned about the plant life

Question 10

What did Pres. Jefferson call the group Louis and Clark put together?

Answer 10

The Corps of Discovery

Question 11

Where and with who did Lewis and Clark spend the winter of 1804?

Answer 11

In the north Dakota territory with the Mandan Indians

Question 12

Who was Sacagawea?

Answer 12

Charbonnequ’s wife. She was a young Shoshoni girl.

Question 13

What recent invention helped Lewis and Clark map their travels?

Answer 13

Chromed we

Question 14

Name three ways the maps and journals of Lewis and Clark helped Americans

Answer 14

#1 it made it possible for people to see more than just unknown wilderness.
#2 to visualize rivers, mountains and native groups.
#3 his maps paved the way for other explorers and adventurous settlers to follow.

Question 15

What was the name of the expedition into the southern Louisiana purchase lands that was canceled by Pres. Jefferson because of warring Indian tribes in the area?

Answer 15

The grand expedition maybe?

Question 16

What three places did Hunter and Dunbar explorer instead?

Answer 16

They Ouachita River of Arkansas and the Northern Louisiana and the Red and Black Rivers

Question 17

What other unique Arkansas waters Dunbar and Hunter study?

Answer 17

The hot springs

Question 18

Who did Pres. Jefferson sand to find the source of the red river?

Answer 18

Thomas Freeman and Peter Custis

Question 19

Name two ways many of the early settlers to Arkansas made their way into the region

Answer 19

Along the Southwest trail and

other trails and military roads

Question 20

Name two ways they New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 impacted the surrounding land

Answer 20

Log homes and other structures were destroyed.
Huge sinkholes appeared
full grown trees disappeared.

Question 21

Name 3 actions by the British that contributed to the war of 1812

Answer 21

#1British Navy began attacking American ships
#2 The British were trying to impress US sailors
#3 they also encouraged Indians to attack settlers

Question 22

What did they do during the war of eight teen 12

Answer 22

He was sent with a small army to protect New Orleans

Question 23

Who created the township pattern used to divide land following the war of 1812

Answer 23

Thomas Jefferson

Question 24

Following the war how did the United States government encourage settlers to come to Arkansas

Answer 24

They gave away free land

Question 25

What two reasons was Fort Smith established along the western border of the Arkansas frontier

Answer 25

A to keep peace among the tribes. B. Bring law and order to the region

Question 26

How many acres of land in Arkansas’s Quapaw agree to give the United States government in the treaty of 1818

Answer 26

30,000,000 acres

Question 27

What was the name of the mission and school opened by the Cherokee in popoe county

Answer 27

The Dwight mission

Question 28

Who created a Cherokee alphabet that enabled many people to read and write in the Cherokee language

Answer 28

Sequoyah

Question 29

What five countries of the Missouri territory were excluded from the Missouri Statehood petition

Answer 29

One Pulaski to Hempstead three Arkansas for Clark five Lawrence

Question 30

What two things did the Missouri compromise require

Answer 30

A. The balance of power remain equal be. Missouri would be the last slave state admitted