Ragone/ Murtaugh – USI Midterm
Review Sheet (Part II)
Unit 3- The Young Nation (continued) –
1.
How many political parties were there in the US in 1800? There
were two.
2.
What were the two political parties in the US in 1800? The
Federalists and The Democratic-Republicans
3.
Who won the election in 1800? Thomas Jefferson
4.
What was interesting about the election of 1800? Burr and Jefferson
had a tie, the same number of votes
5.
What was: The 12th Amendment of the US Constitution.
Essentially, the President and VP can now run together
instead of against each other.
6.
What were the “midnight judges”? The midnight judges were
Judges that were appointed to the Supreme Court at the last
minute by Adams right before he left office. He did this so the
Judicial branch would favor Federalists
7.
How would one describe Thomas Jefferson? Jefferson was a
musician, scientist, inventor, and designer of buildings, wrote the
Declaration of Independence, was the governor of Virginia, and
had been Vice President under John Adams.
8.
What happened to the American trading ships off the north coast of
Africa? they were harassed by pirates from the Barbary Coast
9.
Why did President Jefferson send the Navy to the Barbary Coast?
sent the navy there to defend themselves from the Pirates that
were taking the cargo from the ships.
11. Where was the Louisiana Territory?west of the Mississippi river
12. Who controlled this area?France
13. Why did Jefferson want to buy the land from France? Jefferson
thought this land would be good for America. It would double the
size of our country.
14. How did Napoleon react to Jefferson’s requests? He agreed to
Jefferson’s request
15. When did Ohio join the union? During the Louisiana purchase.
16. What great city did the US gain during the Louisiana Purchase?
New Orleans
17. What had to be done to the Louisiana area after we purchased it
from France?
The Louisiana territory had to be explored after we purchased it.
18. Who was sent to explore the Louisiana territory?
Lewis and Clark
19. Who did Lewis and Clark meet along the way?
Sacajawea, an Indian.
20. Why was the Lewis & Clark expedition important?
It provided the government with a lot of information about the American
West.
21. What was happening in Europe between England & France?
England and France were at war.
22. What position did America take regarding the war between England
& France?
The US remained neutral and traded with both England & France.
23. What did Britain do that caused problems for the US?
They needed more sailors, so they were taking our sailors.
24. What peaceful solution did Jefferson offer?
Jefferson wanted to show that the US was neutral
Jefferson stopped trade...an embarge
25. Did President Jefferson’s embargo successfully hurt England &
France?
The embargo hurt the US more than it hurt England & France.
26. What were the positive results of the President Jefferson’s embargo?
This helped American industry grow.
27. Who was elected President in 1808? James Madison
28. What did President Madison choose to do about the war between
England & France? Stay Neutral
29. What is a “war hawk” someone in favor of the war
30. What did Congress declare in 1812? Declaration on war on England
32. What happened to the White House during the War of 1812? It was
burned By the British
33. After Washington D.C., where did the British attack next? they went
to Baltimore to attack Fort Mc. Henry
34. Who was Francis Scott Key? Francis Scott Key was an American. He
watched the battle at Fort McHenry from a warship on
Chesapeake Bay. He wrote the star spangled banner.
35. What famous song, inspired by our victory at Fort McHenry, did
Francis Scott Key write? star spangled banner
36. Why was the War of 1812 called the “war of poor communication”?
communication was slow in the 1800’s but it took till February of
1815 for the news of the peace to reach the united states.
Because of the poor communication the Battle of New Orleans took
place. IT was a battle that should have never been fought. The
Treaty of Ghent had been signed already. The war was over.
37. What was the outcome of the War of 1812?
A clear boundary was set between Canada and the US
38. After the War of 1812, what was the general feeling in America?
everybody was happy because America won, NATIONALISM.
39. What happened to the Federalist Party after the War of 1812? the
federalists lost popularity
40. How many parties did our nation now have? We had ONE parties
now
41. Who was elected president in 1816? James Monroe
42. How long did Monroe serve as president? 2 terms or 8 years
43. What was his time as president nicknamed? Era of good feelings
44. What country did Florida belong to? Why was Florida a problem?
Florida belonged to Spain
Runaway slaves from the south ran to Florida
Slaves and their Indian friends would cross the border of the us
settlements the flee back to Florida
the Spanish did not punish them
45. What did President Monroe do to deal with the problems in Florida?
President Monroe sends troops to Florida
Andrew Jackson was put in charge of the troops and captured 2 of the
most important forts
46. Was Spain able to defend itself against the American troops?
Spain was to weak
The Spaniards sold Florida to the US
The US is growing!
As payment for Florida the us government agreed to drop a debt 5
million
47. Besides the United States, who owned most of the land in much of
North & South America?
Most of the land in North and South America were colonies of European
nations and not independent nations
Only the US was an independent nation
Little by little the colonies started to gain Independence just like us
48. What was done to help make sure that colonies in North & South
America remained independent nations once they achieved
independence?
In a speech before congress president Monroe promised the
independence nations in the America continents, America
support
49. What was this foreign policy, promised by Monroe called?
The foreign policy was called the Monroe doctrine
A doctrine is a set of polices
50. What did the Monroe Doctrine state?
The Monroe doctrine warned Europe not to start a new colonies or try to
get back old colonies that had won Independence
It also said the us would stay out of Europe
The Monroe doctrine guided US foreign policy for years