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- A ceremony in which a leader takes office
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A. inauguration
B. impressment
C. war hawk
D. national anthem - Who did the U.S. buy the Louisiana Purchase from?
- France
- How much did the Louisiana Purchase cost?
- $15,000,000
- Who explored the Louisiana Purchase?
- Lewis and Clark, who were guided by Sacagawea
- Taking a worker against their will
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A. impressment
B. war hawk
C. national anthem - A member of Congress who wanted war with England before the War of 1812
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A. impressment
B. war hawk
C. national anthem - A song of praise for a country that is the official song of that country
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A. impressment
B. war hawk
C. national anthem - Why were Americans angry with England in the early 1800's?
- Because the British were encouraging the Indians to fight Americans moving west and the British were stopping American ships and kidnapping sailors.
- Who was the President during the War of 1812?
- James Madison
- Why was the U.S. ship Constitution nicknamed "Old Ironside"?
- Because cannonballs seemed to bounce off it
- What city was burned by the British during the War of 1812?
- Washington, D.C.
- Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?
- Francis Scott Key
- What inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star-Spangled banner?
- He saw the flay waving over Fort McHenry
- When was the battle of New Orleans fought?
- After the peace treaty ending the War of 1812 was signed
- A form of government in which the people have the power to make choices about their laws and government
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A. democracy
B. manifest destiny
C. gold rush - What is Andrew Jackson's nickname?
- Old Hickory
- How did Andrew Jackson get his nickname and where?
- He got the nickname when he was in the army and he got it because he was so tough
- What was the Indian Removal Act?
- It said that all Indians east of the Mississippi River had to leave their lands and move west to the Indian Territory
- What is the Trail of Tears?
- The Cherokee Indians' journey from North Carolina to Georgia to the Indian Territory
- A belief that the U.S. should stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
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A. manifest destiny
B. gold rush
C. democracy - A sudden rush of new people to an area where gold has been found
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A. manifest destiny
B. gold rush
C. democracy - Why were Texas settlers angry?
- Because they had to obey Mexico's laws because they didn't wanted to be ruled by Mexico or pay taxes to Mexico
- Who was the Mexican dictator in 1834?
- Santa Anna
- What did Santa Anna attack, where all 189 Texans were killed and only women and children survived?
- The Alamo
- What is the battle cry of the Texans when they defeated the Mexicans at the Battle of San Jacinto known as?
- Remember the Alamo
- What was the Oregon Trail?
- The trail that most settlers followed to the Oregon Country
- Who settled in Utah?
- The Mormons
- What did gold seekers in California call themselves and why?
- The "forty-niners" because they arrived in California in 1849
- A period of time during the 1700's and 1800's in which machines took the place of hand tolls to manufacture goods
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A. industrial revolution
B. textile
C. interchangeable parts
D. mass production - Cloth
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A. industrial revolution
B. textile
C. interchangeable parts
D. mass production - Identical copies of parts made by machines so that if one part breaks, an identical part can be installed
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A. industrial revolution
B. textile
C. interchangeable parts
D. mass production - System of producing large amounts of goods at one time
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A. industrial revolution
B. textile
C. interchangeable parts
D. mass production - What was the nation's first important road joining the eastern U.S. to the places west of the Appalachian Mountains?
- The National Road
- What was opened in New York in 1825 that connected the Hudson River and Lake Erie?
- The Erie Canal
- Who invented the steamboat?
- Robery Fulton
- Who built the first locomotive, the Tom Thumb in United States?
- Peter Cooper
- The first spinning mill in the U.S. was built by who?
- Samuel Slater
- Why were the first spinning mills built next to rivers?
- So that water could be used to turn the water wheels, which in turn powered the machines connected to them
- The system of interchangeable parts was developed by who?
- Eil Whitney
- What did Eli Whitney's cotton gin do?
- It removed seeds from the cotton
- Who invented the reaper?
- Cyrus McCormick
- Who invented the steel plow?
- John Deere
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