History, the making of America

Question 1

American war of independence

Answer 1

1776-1783

Question 2

Number of original states

Answer 2

13

Question 3

Most important US document

Answer 3

Constitution

Question 4

Three original states

Answer 4

Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia

Question 5

State added in 1821

Answer 5

Missouri

Question 6

State added in 1812

Answer 6

Louisiana

Question 7

State added in 1836

Answer 7

Texas

Question 8

Number of states in 1838

Answer 8

26

Question 9

Britain surrendered the……

Answer 9

…..Northwest and southwest territory’s

Question 10

Who brought up the south west territory?

Answer 10

Slave owners

Question 11

Who brought up the North west territory?

Answer 11

rich businessmen wanting to turn a profit by selling it on to poorer settlers

Question 12

How did George Washington deal with the native Americans in the Northwest territory?

Answer 12

He tried to negotiate, but was largely unsuccessful so he sent in a large military and by 1795, the leaders of the tribes that lived their were forced to negotiate peace.

Question 13

How did the US gain control of Florida?

Answer 13

The land attracted US settlers, that later revolted against Spanish rule in 1812

Question 14

When did Spain sign Florida over to the US?

Answer 14

1821

Question 15

When was the Louisiana Purchase?

Answer 15

1803

Question 16

How much land was sold and for how much money?

Answer 16

530 million acres, for $15 million

Question 17

Who was involved in the Louisiana purchase?

Answer 17

Napoleon (France) & US

Question 18

Who ordered the land that the US had gained in the Louisiana purchase to be mapped & who did he send?

Answer 18

Thomas Jefferson (when he was President) sent Merriweather Lewis and William Clark to seek out a river passage to the Pacific Ocean.

Question 19

Why was Oregon Country attractive to settlers?

Answer 19

Rich in furs(beaver) and farmland, some people went to spread Christianity.

Question 20

What did the US and Britain decide about the occupation of Oregon?

Answer 20

It was to be a joint occupation which was decided in 1818.

Question 21

Cotton comprised of …% of all US exports.

Answer 21

42%

Question 22

How many slaves were sold in the south between 1815 and 1819?

Answer 22

Around 100,000

Question 23

How did most northerners believe slavery would die out?

Answer 23

Naturally

Question 24

How much cotton was being produced a year?

Answer 24

Over a million bales or 220,000 tons

Question 25

When was the cotton gin invented?

Answer 25

1793

Question 26

Who invented the cotton gin?

Answer 26

Eli Whitney

Question 27

How much faster could the cotton gin prosses cotton?

Answer 27

50 x faster

Question 28

Why did banks loan slave owners so much money?

Answer 28

They could be insured to give the money back with lots of interest when the harvest came in.

Question 29

How many slaves lived in southern states in 1838?

Answer 29

Over 2 million

Question 30

Were slaves allowed to vote, what did this mean for the balance of politics?

Answer 30

No, but the US government decide that salves count as 3/5 of people, meaning that lots of southern states (because of there high slave population) had an advantage in elections, meaning that lots of northerners believed that slave owners were becoming much to powerful and rich.

Question 31

When was the Missouri compromise?

Answer 31

1820

Question 32

What did the Missouri compromise entail?

Answer 32

- states had to join in pares, one slave at the same time as one free - it drew a line across the middle of the US and only allowed slave states to be created bellow this line - all territories in the west would be free until the became states

Question 33

How does a territory decide whether to become a slave or free state?

Answer 33

Popular vote

Question 34

Name all of the five civilised tribes.

Answer 34

Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole

Question 35

How did the Cherokee try to fit in to American society?

Answer 35

- tried to use the same political structure - set up a capital city - used money to develop an economy - created a written language

Question 36

By 1820, what had lots of the members of the civilised tribes done to try an live along side white Americans?

Answer 36

They had their own churches, schools, and newspapers.

Question 37

When was the first real conflict between the five civilised tribes and white Americans?

Answer 37

1790s

Question 38

How did the first real conflict between the five civilised tribes and white Americans come about?

Answer 38

The white American settlers wanting to establish farm land on the Native Americans land, and slave owners wanting to create or expand cotton plantations.

Question 39

Andrew Jackson (a slave holder) Presidency

Answer 39

1830-38

Question 40

When did Jackson manage to pass the Indian removal act?

Answer 40

1830

Question 41

What state was Cherokee territory in?

Answer 41

Georgia

Question 42

What did the Indian removal act entail?

Answer 42

Permanent Indian territory west of the Mississippi river in modern day Oklahoma, that he promised tribes money if they relocated to. He said that it was in their best interest as well as treating them like children.

Question 43

When was the Indian removal act?

Answer 43

1830

Question 44

Between 1831 and 1833 , how much land did the Choctaw give up to the US?

Answer 44

11 million acers

Question 45

How many Choctaw had moved to Indian territory by 1833?

Answer 45

15,000

Question 46

Why had lots of Choctaw and Chickasaw died by 1833?

Answer 46

Harsh winters Lack of government funding Disease.

Question 47

What case did the Cherokee people take to the supreme court?

Answer 47

Georgian people forcefully taking there land White people selling there land to other white people (bidding) The sate government doing very little, to nothing about this.

Question 48

What did the supreme court rule about the Cherokee case, and when?

Answer 48

That the Cherokee should stay in the east | 1832

Question 49

Which civilised tribe, refused to sign any treaty at all?

Answer 49

Creek

Question 50

What did some Seminoles do in 1830?

Answer 50

Signed the treaty and moved on to Indian territory

Question 51

When did the government declare war on the Seminole that hadn't signed a treaty saying they would move west?

Answer 51

1835

Question 52

The Seminole wars

Answer 52

1835-42

Question 53

Did the US win or lose the Seminole war?

Answer 53

Lose

Question 54

How were the remaining Seminole finally forced to move west (after the war)?

Answer 54

The US had their chief (Osceola), who was killed during peace treaties. After this loss, they were forced to move on to the designated Indian territory.

Question 55

What did the Creek do instead of moving to designated Indian territory?

Answer 55

Signed a treaty giving up some of their land in 1832

Question 56

What provoked the Creek to start attacking white settlers, and stealing their live stock?

Answer 56

Some people knowingly moved on to land that had been given over in the treaty.

Question 57

When did the Creek start attacking white settlers?

Answer 57

1835

Question 58

What did the US government do about the Creek attacks?

Answer 58

Sent in the army to forcibly remove 15,000 Creek to Indian territory.

Question 59

When was the army sent in to forcibly remove the Creek to Indian territory?

Answer 59

1836-37

Question 60

Why, by 1338, had only 2,000 Cherokee moved west?

Answer 60

The Supreme court ruled that they were allowed to stay in the east.

Question 61

When was the army sent in to remove the remaining Cherokee to the west?

Answer 61

1838

Question 62

How many Cherokee were forcibly moved?

Answer 62

16,000

Question 63

Where were the Cherokee held during the winter, until they could go west?

Answer 63

Concentration camps

Question 64

How many Indians died on the 'trail of tears'?

Answer 64

4,000

Question 65

When did white Americans first BEGIN to see the plains as inhabitable?

Answer 65

1840s

Question 66

What land features lie on either side of the plains?

Answer 66

The Mississippi river (to the east), the Rocky Mountains (in the west)

Question 67

What were the Sioux?

Answer 67

A powerful Indian nation

Question 68

What were the largest groups the Sioux were divided in to?

Answer 68

Lakota, Dakota, Nakota

Question 69

Where did the Lakota Sioux live in the mid-18th century?

Answer 69

North of the plains

Question 70

Why did the Lakota Sioux move on to the plains in the late 18th century?

Answer 70

- Experienced with horses (to follow buffalo) - Obtained guns from traders by late 1830s - Their home land began to fill up with other Indian tribes escaping from the east.