Moving West Comprehension Check

Which of these things is NOT true about our first President, George Washington?

• He chose the location for the country's capitol. 

• He was the first and only President to be unanimously voted in.  

• The inauguration took place in New York City.

• He was the first President to live in the White House.  

Two people in Washington's cabinet disagreed on many things.  Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton had different ideas on how the government should be ran.  Their disagreements led to the countries  first what?  

• Political Parties

• Electoral College 

• War

• Pioneers

President Jefferson sent James Monroe to France to try to buy the port city of New Orleans.  This led to what?  

• The Louisiana Purchase

• Gadsden Purchase

• Monroe Doctrine 

• Manifest Destiny

What was the concern from Jefferson and Congress about the Louisiana Purchase?  

• They would not have enough money.

• They could not handle all the new land.  

• They were concerned it went against the Constitution.

• The Spanish may invade and take the land.  

The Louisiana Purchase gave us land all the way from the Mississippi River to where?

• Appalachian Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• California

• Pacific Ocean

After the Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson wanted to explore the land.  Who did he select to lead this expedition?  

• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

• James Madison and Robert Livingston

• Andrew Jackson and Daniel Boone 

• James Monroe and Alexander Hamilton

What did Jefferson want to know about the Louisiana Territory?

• Explore the Missouri and Columbia Rivers to try and find a water route to the Pacific Ocean

• Meet and learn about the American Indians who lived in the region

• Study and take notes on the landforms, plants, and animals they found

• All of these

What is a way Sacagawea did NOT help Lewis and Clark's Expedition?  

• as a guide to direct them through the land

• as a translator between the Indians and Lewis and Clark 

• showed them edible plants that could also be used as medicines

• travelled back to Washington DC to meet President Jefferson 

What led up to the United States getting involved in the War of 1812?

• Neither Britain or France wanted the other country to trade with the US.

• Britain began capturing American sailors and forcing them to work on British ships. 

• The US believed that British soldiers in Canada were supplying the American Indians with weapons.  

• All of these

During the War of 1812, the White House was burned. Who was the first lady that rescued the portrait of George Washington among a few other things?

• Martha Washington

• Dolley Madison

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Michelle Obama