Name of port on Mississippi River that controlled all shipping in the West? New Orleans What treaty established a boundary line between Indian lands and the areas open to new settlements? Treaty of Greenville What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provide? public schools with religious instruction How much did the Louisiana Purchase cost the United States per acre? Final Cost? less than 4 cents per acre $15 Million First frontier state to be admitted to the Union? Kentucky Name of the trail blazed through the Cumberland Gap by Daniel Boone so settlers could go from North Carolina to Kentucky? Wilderness Road Personal secretary that President Jefferson asked to explore the new acquired land of Louisiana? Meriwether Lewis What general defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers? Anthony Wayne Who led 1,000 soldiers to defeat the Indians at the Battle of Tippecanoe? William Henry Harrison What did Francis Scott Key write that later became our national anthem? "The Star-Spangled Banner" Term for the limiting or stop of trade with other nations? embargo The most violent earthquake in American history? New Madrid Quake Man who wrote a large part of the US Constitution and became President after Thomas Jefferson? James Madison The Indian leader killed at the Battle of Thames River? Tecumseh Name of senator from Massachusetts who was the greatest orator in Congress? Daniel Webster Who said, "We have met the enemy and they are ours" when he defeated the British at the Battle of Lake Erie? Oliver Hazard Perry Who did President Jefferson send to explore the lands from the Arkansas River to the Rockies? Lieutenant Zebulon Pike How did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 achieve a political balance between the North and the South? 1. admitted Maine as free state 2. admitted Missouri as a slave state <question> Who wrote the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">South Carolina Exposition and Protest </span>as a support of state's rights? What was it in response to? </question> 1. John C. Calhoun 2. In response to the Tariff of Abominations Which Indians called their long journey to Oklahoma the "Trail of Tears"? Cherokee Name of the slave that stirred up a revolt in Virginia that lead to the killing of 60 people? Nat Turner What political party arose in opposition to President Jackson? Whig Party What radical abolitionist published a newspaper called <em>The Liberator</em>, calling for an immediate end to slavery? William Lloyd Garrison What idea says that a state can cancel a federal law? nullification docrine Who said, "The Union: next to or liberties, most dear" John C. Calhoun Vice President who opposed the Tariff of 1828? John C. Calhoun Famous senator who called for "Liberty and Union"? Daniel Webster Succeeded Jackson as President? Martin Van Buren Who traveled with Lewis and Clark? Sacagawea Who was the director of the National Bank? Nicholas Biddle Who was President Jackson's Vice President? Martin Van Buren Who sold territory of Louisiana to United States? Napoleon Bonaparte The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 settled a boundary between what two places? Canada & United States What War was Washington, D.C. burned? War of 1812 Name of Compromise that preserved peace between the North and South? Missouri Compromise What di the Louisiana Purchase do to the size of the United States? doubled the size Who won the Presidency in 1828? Andrew Jackson Who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel? Aaron Burr State known as "dark and bloody ground"? Kentucky Land won from the British as a result of the War for Independence? Northwest Territory Name of valley littered with fossils? Big Bone Lick State controlled by Russian traders? Alaska What did the South call the "Tariff of Abominations"? Tariff of 1828 Where was the American victory worn <em>after</em> the War of 1812 was over? New Orleans What political party was formed because of dislike for President Jackson? Whig What policy warned European powers against interfering in the Western Hemisphere? Monroe Doctrine Name three ways the War of 1812 benefited the United States in the years after? 1. US & Britain respected each other's land in North America. 2. Growth of American industry. 3. Lessened fear England, which encouraged settlement in the West. Who invented the reaping machine? Cyrus McCormick Entrepreneur who helped make possible the first transatlantic cable? Cyrus Field Who made further improvements on Elias Howe's sewing machine? Isaac Singer Who invented the telegraph? Samuel Morse Who became know as America's greatest science teacher? Louis Agassiz Invented steel plow? John Deere Improved the power loom and built textile factories in New England? Francis Cabot Lowell Who introduced ether as an effective pain killer for surgery? William Morton What country did 1.5 million people immigrate from to the United States and why? 1. Ireland 2. escape potato famine causing widespread starvation First woman to become a physician in the United States? Elizabeth Blackwell Term for a person who risks personal loss to develop and market a new product? entrepreneur The fastest overland communication service before the telegraph? Pony Express Famous author who used steamboat pilot experiences to write books such as <em>Life on the Mississippi</em>? Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) Name for sleek, record-breaking sailing ships built in America? clipper ships What did President Jackson issue to stop land speculation in the west by requiring all public lands to be paid for in silver and gold? Specie Circular