Westward Expansion Review

What did the 12th Amendment change? 

• Electors no longer vote for vice president
• Electors cast separate votes for president and vice president
• Popular vote now decides who becomes president
• Electoral college added voters to break a tie

How much larger was the U.S. after the Louisiana Purchase?

• 25 percent
• 33 percent
• Doubled
• Tripled

Why was Thomas Jefferson hesitant to make the Louisiana Purchase? 

• U.S. could not afford it
• He didn't believe the Constitution allowed for the purchase of new lands using government money.
• Did not think Senate would approve
• Thought it would start a war with jealous countries.

Which of the following was not an order given to Lewis and Clark from Jeffesron? 

• Order fur trappers to leave the Louisiana Territory
• Find a water route to Pacific
• Establish relations with natives
• Find new plants and animals

Native American that helped Lewis and Clark interpret as well as find edible plants on their journey

• Tecumseh
• York
• Sacagawea
• Pocahontas

Slave that was present on the Lewis and Clark expedition

• Dred Scott
• Sacagawea
• York
• Tecumseh

What was impressment? 

• Writing lies about someone in the paper
• Forcing captured people to serve in the military
• Forcing someone to sign a document against their will
• Pulling a boat against a current

President during the War of 1812

• John Adams
• James Madison
• James Monroe
• Henry Clay

What was one of the reasons that Americans declared war on Great Britain in 1812? 

• Britain stopped trading with us
• Britain established colonies in Canada, right along the border
• British impressment of U.S. citizens angered many citizens
• Britain blocked U.S. goods into France

Indian chief that hoped to unite tribes into a confederation in order to stop the U.S. from expanding into native territory. 

• Sacagawea
• Chief Joseph
• York
• Tecumseh