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Question | Answer |
What do we call the set of rules on how a country should be governed? | Constitution |
Who is the head of the American government? | President |
What do we call the areas of land without enough people to become a state? | The territories |
America originally consisted of how many states? | 13 |
Who was the first president of the United states who fought the Indians in the Northwest territories? | George Washington |
The Indians in the Northwest territories were defeated at which battel in 1794? | Battle of Fallen Timbers |
What do we call people who buy up large areas of cheap land from the government, so they can sell it on to small farmers for profit? | Speculators |
Which piece of land did President Jefferson purchase from the French in 1803? | Louisiana |
Which two men were given the task of exploring and finding new opportunities for trade in the west by President Jefferson? | Merriweather Lewis / William Clark |
What word do we use to describe the farms in the South that concentrate on growing only one crop? | Plantations |
Eli Whitney invented which machine that allowed cotton to be processed 50 times faster? | The cotton Gin |
What do we call the system of working for slaves where they are forced to work as fast as they can? | Pushing system |
Which group of people believe that slavery is morally wrong? | Abolitionists |
People in America were worried about whether a new state would be a slave or non-slave state. What did they create to resolve this problem? | The Missouri compromise |
Name the Five Civilised Tribes | Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole |
Which slaveholder became president in 1830? | Andrew Jackson |
Which act did congress pass in 1830 which promised tribes money if they agreed to relocate? | The Indian removal act |
Name one of the three plains Indian tribes we studied in class | Apache, Cheyenne and Lakota Sioux |
What word do we use to describe the people who made the journey to the far west? | Migrants |
Which religious group founded Salt Lake City in 1847? | The Mormons |
By 1852 how many people had settled in Salt Lake City? | 10,000 |
Where was gold discovered in 1848-49? | California |
Where was gold discovered in 1858-59? | Pikes peak |
What do we call the group of people who set out to increase their wealth by encouraging people to come and settle in their towns? | Town boosters |
What do we call the two sides who fought each other in the American Civil War? One word each | Union / Confederate |
Which newspaper founded in 1831 spread abolitionist views? | The Liberator |
What do we call the 1850 compromise that won a significant victory for slave holder power? | Clays Compromise |
Who became president of America in November 1860? | Lincoln |
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