War with Tripoli and Embargo Act Review

What did the French and the British do the caused Thomas Jefferson to push Congress us the Embargo Act of 1807?

• They tried to invade Washington DC

• They were trying to boycott American goods

• They were trying to steal money from the Spanish

• They kept attacking U.S. merchant ships

What is an accurate description of the Embargo Act of 1807?

• Allowed Americans to trade with any country except France and England.

• Stated Americans could only trade their goods with other Americans along the US coast. It also placed restrictions on imports from Britain.

• No exports of American goods by land or sea, regardless of destination

• Allowed port authorities to seize cargo and bring to trial anyone who violated the Embargo Act.

Was the Embargo Act of 1807 successful? Why or why not?

• Yes because it strengthened the British economy

• Yes because it strengthened the U.S. economy

• No because it significantly weakened the French economy

• No because it significantly weakened the U.S. economy

​Complete the three effects of the Louisiana Purchase: (a)   the size of the United States. Control of the Mississippi River ​ (b)   American ​ (c)   . Have ​ (d)   to the ​ (e)  

• Doubled
• protected
• shipping
• complete access
• Port of New Orleans

Americans learned about __________ from Zebulon Pike's expeditions.

• the Pacific Northwest

• all of the Louisiana Territory

• the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains

• present-day Colorado and present-day Oregon

 Sacagawea negotiated the ​ (a)   , found ​ (b)   , was and ​ (c)   , helped ​ (d)   with Native Americans

• purchase of horses
• edible plants
• interpreter
• ease tensions

York helped to build relations with Native American groups. Why would the Native Americans have been so interested in meeting York?

• They had never seen an African American

• York spoke many Native American languages

• York was the first scientist they had ever seen.

• They thought he was from another Native American tribe.

One of the members of the Corps of Discovery was an enslaved African American named _______.

• Attucks and was enslaved to Clark

• George and worked for Clark

• York and was enslaved to Clark

• Thomas and worked for Clark

What was York skilled at doing?

• Cooking, hunting, and fishing

• Singing and dancing

• Making moccasins and clothing

• Finding edible plants

What event or person it this statement describing: Doubled the size of the United States.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Haitian Revolution

• Toussaint Louverture

• Corps of Discovery