chapter 8

Question 1

Why did Jefferson want to buy New Orleans from France?

Answer 1

Before handing over Louisiana to France, Spain had closed New Orleans to
American shipping, which hurt American farmers

Question 2

What chain of events led to the Louisiana Purchase?

Answer 2

France needed money because they were at war with Great Britain, so they
decided to sell Louisiana to the U.S. for $15 million

Question 3

What were some challenges the expedition faced?

Answer 3

Traveling through a mostly uncharted area, no ability to receive new
supplies, transportation difficulties, insects, fear of hostile attack

Question 4

Who was Sacagawea?

Answer 4

She was a Shoshone woman who, along with her fur trader husband,
helped the Lewis and Clark expedition

Question 5

What 3 things did the Lewis and Clark expedition achieve?

Answer 5

1. Learned about western lands and paths
2. made contact with many Native American groups
3. collected data about western plants and animals

Question 6

What dangers did American ships face on the high seas?

Answer 6

Storms; pirates; British and French search and seizure; British impressment

Question 7

Why did Congress pass the Embargo Act?

Answer 7

To punish Britain and France and to protect American merchant ships from
capture

Question 8

How was the Embargo Act unsuccessful?

Answer 8

Had little effect on Britain and France; financially hurt American merchants

Question 9

Who was Tecumseh?

Answer 9

Shawnee chief and influential Native American leader

Question 10

What did Tecumseh want to accomplish?

Answer 10

Wanted to unite Native Americans against U.S. settlers pushing them off their lands

Question 11

Why did Great Britain want to help Native Americans along the western frontier?

Answer 11

Hoped to slow the westward growth of the U.S.

Question 12

What 3 things did the U.S. risk by declaring war against Britain in 1812?

Answer 12

Human and economic losses; being defeated; losing independence

Question 13

What were the U.S. Navy’s strengths and weaknesses early in the war?

Answer 13

Strengths; powerful new war ships, well-trained sailors weaknesses; smaller and weaker than British navy

Question 14

What happened when the war reached the East?

Answer 14

The British took D.C., but U.S. forces at Fort McHenry stopped the British invasion of Baltimore, and the British retreated

Question 15

What was unusual about the Battle of New Orleans?

Answer 15

Took place after the war had ended

Question 16

Oliver Hazard Perry

Answer 16

U.S. navy commodore who won a victory against British

Question 17

Battle of Lake Erie

Answer 17

the victory won by Perry and his sailors

Question 18

Andrew Jackson

Answer 18

the commander of the Tennessee militia who led and attack on the Creek nation in Alabama

Question 19

Treaty of Fort Jackson

Answer 19

the treaty that forced the Creek nation to give up
millions of acres of their land

Question 20

Battle of New Orleans

Answer 20

the last major conflict of the War of 1812, which
made Andrew Jackson a hero

Question 21

Hartford Convention

Answer 21

a meeting of Federalists opposed to the war

Question 22

Treaty of Ghent

Answer 22

the pact that ended the War of 1812

Question 23

USS Constitution

Answer 23

a large warship sent to end attacks by Mediterranean pirates on American merchant ships

Question 24

Impressments

Answer 24

the practice of forcing people to serve in the army or navy

Question 25

Embargo Act

Answer 25

a U.S. law that essentially banned trade with all foreign countries

Question 26

Tecumseh

Answer 26

brilliant speaker who warned other Native Americans that settlers wanted their lands

Question 27

Battle of Tippecanoe

Answer 27

the battle between the U.S. forces and Tecumseh’s
followers that ended with the U.S. forces winning

Question 28

War Hawks

Answer 28

several members of Congress who called for war against Great Britain

Question 29

James Madison

Answer 29

a Republican who was elected president in 1808

Question 30

Louisiana Purchase

Answer 30

the $15 million sale from France which doubled the size of the U.S.

Question 31

Meriwether Lewis

Answer 31

a former army captain chosen by Jefferson to lead an expedition to explore the west

Question 32

William Clark

Answer 32

co-leader of the western expedition

Question 33

Lewis and Clark expedition

Answer 33

a long journey to explore the Louisiana
Purchase

Question 34

Sacagawea

Answer 34

a Shoshone who helped the expedition by naming plants and gathering edible fruits and vegetables for the group

Question 35

Zebulon Pike

Answer 35

an explorer of the West who reached the summit of the mountain now known as Pike’s Peak