Making Of America 1789-1838

Question 1

How many states were originally made?

Answer 1

13

Question 2

Who did America by independence from?

Answer 2

Great britain

Question 3

Who was the first president?

Answer 3

George Washington

Question 4

Which groups of people needed to move west because of American expansion?

Answer 4

Native americans

Question 5

What was the problem with native Americans moving west?

Answer 5

Moving into land that was already inhabited by other tribes

Question 6

Which side of America allowed slavery?

Answer 6

The south

Question 7

What did allowing slavery in only one part of America create?

Answer 7

A political split

Question 8

What were people who wanted to end slavery called?

Answer 8

Abolitionists

Question 9

Which year was the cotton gin invented?

Answer 9

1793

Question 10

How was the cotton gin more affective than usual farming?

Answer 10

Could process cotton 50 times faster

Question 11

Which president was determined to open land routes?

Answer 11

Thomas Jefferson

Question 12

How much did America buy Louisiana for?

Answer 12

$15 million

Question 13

Who did America buy Louisiana from?

Answer 13

France

Question 14

What year did America buy Louisiana for?

Answer 14

1803

Question 15

What were the names of the two explorers that explored the west

Answer 15

Louis and clark

Question 16

What were the names of the 5 civilised tribes?

Answer 16

Chickasaw, Choctaw, creek, Cherokee and Seminole

Question 17

How many slaves were sold between 1815 and 1819?

Answer 17

100,000

Question 18

What percentage did cotton have of americas exports?

Answer 18

42%

Question 19

How did America decide who can and can’t allow slavery?

Answer 19

Missouri compramise

Question 20

What year was the Missouri compromise?

Answer 20

1820

Question 21

What year was America making over a million bales of cotton?

Answer 21

1838

Question 22

When did Andrew Jackson become the president?

Answer 22

1829

Question 23

Who persuaded the congress to make the Indian removal act?

Answer 23

Andrew Jackson

Question 24

What was the Indian removal act?

Answer 24

Promised tribes money to relocate

Question 25

When was the Indian removal act?

Answer 25

1830

Question 26

Which tribes didn’t abide to the Indian removal act?

Answer 26

Cherokee, creek, Seminole

Question 27

What happened after the seminoles didn’t sign the treaty?

Answer 27

Seminole wars 1835-42

Question 28

How did the creek end up moving west after all?

Answer 28

Army forced them

Question 29

When the Cherokee were marched west, what was it known as?

Answer 29

The trail of tears

Question 30

Why was the Cherokee moving west called the trail of tears?

Answer 30

4000 died of starvation, cold or disease