Week 16: Looking Back: 18th Century to 19th Century

This document created a foundation for a strong and lasting government.

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

• The Treaty of Ghent

A system of _______________________ keeps each branch of government from becoming too powerful.

This amendment of the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, speech, and the press. It allows groups to assemble and petition.

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

At the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783 the U.S. controlled the land from _______________________.

• New York to Texas

• the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains

• the Pacific Ocean to the Great Plains

• the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River

Americans wanted to use the __________________ to ship and trade goods.

President Jefferson sent ____________________ to explore the Louisiana Territory.

• Meriwether Lewis

• Andrew Jackson

• William Clark

• Francis Scott Key

______________________, a young Shoshone girl, helped Lewis and Clark as a guide and translator.

American Indians, who lived in the Louisiana Territory, were treated fairly after the Louisiana Purchase.

• True

• False

Before the War of 1812, Congress put an _________________ on England and France. They would stop sending supplies to both countries.

During a battle at Fort McHenry, ___________________ wrote a poem that later became our national anthem.

• Francis Belemy

• Francis Scott Key

• Francis Drake

• Francis Bacon