1. _______ President Thomas Jefferson made this agreement, which greatly increased the size of the United States.

Louisiana Purchase

_______ Which of the following forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River?

Indian Removal Act

How were Native Americans affected by the growth of the United States?

They were pushed off their land.

_______ Which leader below was the first governor of the state of Tennessee?

John Sevier

How did railroads improve life for people in the United States?

They made it easier to travel and ship goods.

What invention led to an increase in the number of slaves who worked on plantations?

Cotton gin

_______ In 1791, which of the following became the first state west of the Appalachians?

Kentucky

What trail began in Independence, Missouri?

_______ On April 30, 1803,the $15 million deal between the U.S. and Napoleon Bonaparte, the leader of France was made final. This deal was known as the _____________.

Louisiana Purchase

Who created the “Star- Spangled Banner”?

Francis Scott Key

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

Eli Whitney

Pike’s Peak is named after this man.

Captain Zebulon Pike

This was the third President. He sent Lewis and Clark on the expedition.

Thomas Jefferson

He widened the Cumberland Gap.

Davy Crockett

Who was the Native American who served as a guide to Lewis and Clark?

Sacagawea

Lewis and Clark’s crew was named__________.

Corps of Discovery

True or False

The reason why France sold the Louisiana Territory was they needed money to prepare for a war with Britain.

True

France burned the White House and Washington D.C. during the War of 1812.

False Britain

Dolley Madison saved important documents from the burning White House.

true

The British navy forced American sailors to work on British ships. This action, called _____________ angered many Americans.

impressment

After the War of 1812 ended, many Americans felt a sense of ____________________, or pride in one’s country.

nationalism

__________ is a low place between mountains.

gap

One of the best-known _______________ to cross the Appalachians was Daniel Boone.

pioneers

Unlike most other tribes, the Cherokee ____________ to, or adopted, the ways of life of white settlers.

assimilated