Ch 8 Changes in a Young Nation

City on the Mississippi River that became renowned for its rapid growth from a fur trading town to a bustling center of trade and commerce with steamboats by 1850.

• New York

• Miami

• St. Louis

• Boston

Virginia planter became new nation's first president, serving two full terms from 1789-1796.

• Joseph Brant

• John Adams

• James Madison

• George Washington

Early U.S. settlers from 1790-1800 moved into states beyond the Appalachians including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. These states were in the

• Northwest Territory

• Mexican Cession

• Louisiana Purchase

• Oregon Country

Washington sent the militia into western Pennsylvania in 1794 to put down a rebellion among farmers opposed to the U.S. tax on

• sugar

• whiskey

• hamburger

• snake oil

America's 1st political parties led by Hamilton and Jefferson were known respectively as the

• Republicans and Democrats

• Whigs and Tories

• Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

• Know-Nothings and Socialists

In 1803, President Jefferson made a controversial purchase of ________ from Napoleon of France, for $15 million.

• Florida

• Louisiana

• Hawaii

• California

One of the following was not a U.S. trail opened for early 19th century westward settlement:

• Mormon Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

• Oregon Trail

• Alaska Trail

Early 19th century U.S. belief that it was endowed by fate to civilize and democratize newly occupied lands in the West:

• manifest destiny

• Land and Liberty

• bracero program

• divide and conquer

These native Americans were forcibly moved westward in the 1830s following the Indian Removal Act:

• Arapahoe

• Navajo

• Apache

• Cherokee

This section of the U.S. had the largest number of plantations that grew cash crops like cotton, rice, and tobacco:

• South

• North

• East

• West