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 (a)   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 (a)   to ship and trade goods.

President Jefferson sent ____________________ to explore the Louisiana Territory.

• Meriwether Lewis

• Andrew Jackson

• William Clark

• Francis Scott Key

(a)   , 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 (a)   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