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Question 1

who were white settlers?

Answer 1

families who had come to America from Britain and other places in Europe

Question 2

who were the Native Americans?

Answer 2

native people who lived on the lands of America before the white settlers came to America

Question 3

What were the states?

Answer 3

areas that were well populated and had a settled form of government

Question 4

what could a state do?

Answer 4

could make their own laws as long as they didn’t go against the Constitution. state voters could also vote in the national elections and send representatives to congress

Question 5

how many people was needed to become a state?

Answer 5

60,000

Question 6

what were territories?

Answer 6

areas of land without enough settlers or stability to become a state

Question 7

what would each territory have?

Answer 7

was ruled by a territorial governor appointed by congress

Question 8

how many colonies where there first?

Answer 8

13

Question 8

what were the 13 colonies previously?

Answer 8

British colonies

Question 9

what was the battle of fallen timbers?

Answer 9

the us defeated the Native Americans because George Washington was scared that they were gonna join the British and Canada in the fight for the American land

Question 10

What was the treaty of Greenville?

Answer 10

the Native American chiefs were forced to sign the treaty giving up their land in the territories that became states

Question 11

what did the treaty of Greenville force?

Answer 11

forced the Native Americans to move further west and cross the Mississippi river into other Native American territories causing conflict

Question 12

when did America grow rapidly?

Answer 12

1789-1838

Question 13

what were the states that were formed in the period of 1789-1838?

Answer 13

Vermont (1791) Kentucky (1792) Tennessee (1796) Ohio (1803) Indiana (1816) Mississippi (1817) Illinois (1818) and Alabama (1819) Florida (1819)

Question 14

who was keen to expand across the continent?

Answer 14

Thomas Jefferson

Question 15

why was Thomas Jefferson so keen to expand?

Answer 15

after the purchase of Louisiana in 1803 it led to more trade routes to the west

Question 16

what task was Lewis and Clark given?

Answer 16

given the task of exploring new lands

Question 17

where did Lewis and Clark go?

Answer 17

they went through the Missouri river into the rocky mountains through to the Pacific coast

Question 17

when did Lewis and Clark go exploring?

Answer 17

they set out in may 1804

Question 18

did Lewis and Clark get on with the Native Americans?

Answer 18

they mostly got on well with the Native Americans

Question 19

who created the cotton gin?

Answer 19

in 1793 Eli Whitney created the cotton gin

Question 20

what was the cotton gin?

Answer 20

a machine that removed the seeds from the cotton and greatly increased the speed and quality of cotton production

Question 21

what was the “pushing” system?

Answer 21

to keep up with the speed of the cotton gin everyone had to work faster plantation owners developed a pushing system which was pushing workers to work as fast as possible they put the fastest pickers at the front of the line to set the pace for everyone else and they were forced to keep up

Question 22

what was the 230 million of acres of land called that Britain gave the US?

Answer 22

northwest and southwest territory

Question 23

what happened to the 13 colonies after the battle of independence?

Answer 23

they became states

Question 24

who was the first president of the United States?

Answer 24

George Washington

Question 25

what did president Jefferson do to encourage people to move west?

Answer 25

allowed them to buy 640 acres of land

Question 26

how much did Jefferson buy the Louisiana colony for?

Answer 26

50 million

Question 27

when was the declaration of independence?

Answer 27

1776

Question 28

which area of America depended on slavery?

Answer 28

the south

Question 29

who apposed slavery?

Answer 29

abolitionist groups and christians

Question 30

in terms of voting how much did an enslaved person count for?

Answer 30

3/5 of a person

Question 31

what did the government do with slavery in the northwest and southwest territories?

Answer 31

southwest was a slave territory and slavery was banned in the northwest. the Missouri Compromise

Question 32

why was opposition to slavery unsuccessful before 1838?

Answer 32

divisions against abolitioners southwest becomes dependent

Question 33

by 1820 what percentage of US exports were cotton?

Answer 33

42%