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1 What are the names of our first four Presidents? 1.__________________ 2.__________________ 3.__________________ 4.__________________

2  1. George Washington had no idea of what a President was suppose to do but he accepted the position anyway.

3  Washington had to pick a Cabinet. Jefferson-Secretary of State Hamilton-Secretary of Treasury Knox-Secretary of War Randolph-Attorney General

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5  Alexander Hamilton would set up a national bank that would help America become self- sufficient.

6  Who is on the  1 dollar bill? __________________  5 dollar bill? __________________  10 dollar bill? _________________  20 dollar bill? _________________  50 dollar bill? _________________  100 dollar bill? ________________

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9 Name as many Presidents as you can in 3 minutes.

10  Washington will decide that America will stay neutral, in other words, not help either side.

11  Washington retires and John Adams will beat Thomas Jefferson for President. Jefferson becomes Vice President.

12  Jefferson will defeat Adams four years later to become our 3 rd President.

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14  He is a lawyer and architect.

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18  Great Britain, Spain, Russia and France (again) controlled the rest of North America.

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20  President Jefferson was mad because he wanted to buy New Orleans from the Spanish, but instead he had to buy the area from Napoleon.

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23  Napoleon needed money to pay for its war against the British.  Sold the Louisiana Purchases for $15 million dollars, or 3 cents per acre.  The United States doubled in size.

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25  Jefferson will send an expedition led by Lewis and Clark.

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29  Tecumseh believed that white Americans were trying to control all Native American lands.

30  Many Americans believed that the British were trying to get the natives to stop American progress from moving west.

31  Tecumseh wanted the Native Americans to unite so they could stop the Americans from expanding.

32  The Indians were defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe.

33  The Native Americans were welcomed by the British in Canada causing hard feelings between the Americans and British.

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35  Impressment of U.S. citizens

36  Interference with American shipping.

37  British support of Native Americans

38  Some Americans wanted to take control of Canada.

39  The Americans were not powerful enough to kick the British out of Canada.

40  The British navy bombarded Fort McHenry heavily for hours and hours and into the night.

41  Even after the bombing the flag was still flying high the next morning.

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43  Francis Scott Key, an American lawyer who was detained on a British ship wrote a poem that is today’s National Anthem.

44  Increased American patriotism.  Weakened Native American resistance.  U.S. manufacturing.

45  But no clear cut winner.


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