Unit Three: Building a Nation

Napoleon wanted to sell the Louisiana Territory for this reason.

• He wanted to control the Caribbean.
• He was tired of trying to expand his empire.
• He knew Spain wanted to control the Mississippi.
• He needed the money to pay for his war against Britain.

With the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, the United States could expand ___.

• to the north
• to the south
• to the west
• to the east

Letter 'E" marks which of the following:

• United States in 1783

• Mexican Cession

• Texas

• The Louisiana Purchase

The Homestead Act offered free land in hopes to encourage what?

• western settlement of the U.S.

• nothing

• people from the west to move back east

• people from the South to move to the North

Who was the Colonel during the Battle of New Orleans?

• Andrew Jackson

• Thomas Jefferson

• General Patton

• George Washington

What is an event in which U.S. sailors were captured and forced to fight for the British Navy?

• Active duty

• Impressments

• Slavery

• Extra help

• Honor

What was the name of the capitol city that the British destroyed?

• Atlanta, GA
• Washington, D.C.
• Boston, Massachussettes

Who was the "winner" of the War of 1812?

• Great Britain
• United States
• neither side won

Completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 encouraged the growth of the Midwest because it

• linked the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Coast

• helped force the removal of British forts in the Northwest Territory

• stimulated development of cotton production in the Ohio River valley

• increased trade with Asia

The Industrial Revolution is best defined as;

• A war to change the economy
• A period of time when goods began being made in factories
• A time when roads became paved and cars were invented
• A war between humans and machines