USH Review - Unit 3A - Building a New Nation

Cabinet

• a government's strategy in dealing with other nations
• Fourth President of the United States, during the War of 1812. Came up with the idea to separate the government into branches so no one person was too powerful. Also wrote the Bill of Rights.
• Part of the executive branch;
• supreme power or authority

A group of advisers to the president.

• Official name of the Lewis and Clark Expedition members.
• supreme power or authority
• Member of George Washington's cabinet. Supporter of state's rights. 3rd President of the United States; responsible for the Louisiana Purchase from France.
• A group of advisers to the president.

Alexander Hamilton

• a government's strategy in dealing with other nations
• 1789-1795; member of George Washington's cabinet. First Secretary of the Treasury. He supported a bigger central government and created the first national bank.
• Part of the executive branch;
• Written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812. It is now our National Anthem.

Louisiana Purchase

• Held that Native Americans were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty; ignored by the Jackson administration.
• This was the purchase of lands by U.S. government west of the Mississippi river to enlarge borders.
• Created the Northwest Territory (area north of the Ohio River and west of Pennsylvania), established conditions for self-government and statehood, included a Bill of Rights, and permanently prohibited slavery
• Western land purchased from France in 1803 by President Thomas Jefferson. It doubled the size of the United states.

Lewis and Clark

• Two explorers sent by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase, then continue on through the Rocky Mountains until they got to the Pacific Ocean.
• Native American woman who acted as an interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark's expedition through the Louisiana Purchase territory. She brought her baby, so people knew they came in peace. She also taught them about the land, plants, animals, medicines, and survival skills.
• Law passed in 1830 that forced many Native American nations to move west of the Mississippi River
• a government's strategy in dealing with other nations

Thomas Jefferson

• US foreign policy regarding Latin American countries stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention.
• Part of the executive branch;
• Created the Northwest Territory (area north of the Ohio River and west of Pennsylvania), established conditions for self-government and statehood, included a Bill of Rights, and permanently prohibited slavery
• Member of George Washington's cabinet. Supporter of state's rights. 3rd President of the United States; responsible for the Louisiana Purchase from France.

Sacagewa

• Native American woman who acted as an interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark's expedition through the Louisiana Purchase territory. She brought her baby, so people knew they came in peace. She also taught them about the land, plants, animals, medicines, and survival skills.
• A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
• A war between the U.S. and Great Britain. The United States's main goal was for Britain to stop being hostile to their sailors. In the end, neither side gained much from the war.
• Western land purchased from France in 1803 by President Thomas Jefferson. It doubled the size of the United states.

Corps of Discovery

• Wife of the president during the War of 1812; she had to flee the white house before they set it on fire; saved valuable papers including Washington's portrait
• Official name of the Lewis and Clark Expedition members.
• US foreign policy regarding Latin American countries stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention.
• Western land purchased from France in 1803 by President Thomas Jefferson. It doubled the size of the United states.

War of 1812

• A group of advisers to the president.
• Held that Native Americans were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty; ignored by the Jackson administration.
• A war between the U.S. and Great Britain. The United States's main goal was for Britain to stop being hostile to their sailors. In the end, neither side gained much from the war.
• Native American woman who acted as an interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark's expedition through the Louisiana Purchase territory. She brought her baby, so people knew they came in peace. She also taught them about the land, plants, animals, medicines, and survival skills.

Dolly Madison

• Wife of the president during the War of 1812; she had to flee the white house before they set it on fire; saved valuable papers including Washington's portrait
• Fourth President of the United States, during the War of 1812. Came up with the idea to separate the government into branches so no one person was too powerful. Also wrote the Bill of Rights.
• Built from 1817- 1825; 7 million dollars. The canal allowed farm products from the Great Lakes region to flow east, and people and manufactured goods from east to flow west; trade stimulated by the canal helped New York City become the nation's largest city.
• A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country