Monday, November 6, 2023

Monday

 Today we will be looking at Thomas Jefferson's presidency. Make sure you have turned in your soapstone and study questions on chapter 10. We will be looking at Don't Know Much About History today. Make sure you know the questions below:

 PART II: The Constitution, Jefferson, War of 1812, Jackson


10) How did Washington D.C. come be located on the banks of the Potomac?
11) What did Jay's Treaty do?
12) What was the "Whiskey Rebellion" and how was it put down?
13) Describe the election of 1800? How was it finally resolved?
14) Who was John Marshall?
15) Why did France sell its North America possessions (the Louisiana territory) to the U.S.?
16) What did Lewis and Clark do? Describe their journey?
17) How did Hamilton incur the wrath of Aaron Burr? Was he right in what he did? How did the ordeal end?
18) What was Jefferson's Embargo Act? Why was it unpopular and what was it suppose to do?
19) What did Tecumseh try and do?
20) Describe the Battle of Tippecanoe?
21) Most historians call the War of 1812 a draw. Why?
22) Describe the Battle of New Orleans.
23) What did the Monroe Doctrine state?
24) What was the Missouri Compromise?
25) How was the election of 1824 decided? Why was it called a "corrupt bargain"?
26) List some of the labels attached to Andrew Jackson.
27) Was Andrew Jackson an Indian hater? What did the natives call him? What "Indian Wars" did he fight in and what was the outcome? What was his native "policy" as President?
28) How did Jackson come to symbolize the common people?
29) Name the 1st seven Presidents of the United States

War of 1812

1) Importance of Fort McHenry.
2) Burning of D.C. by the British.
3) Battle of Plattsburg
4) Battle of New Orleans
5) Native Defeats: Tecumseh and the Creeks (Battle of Thames and Horseshoe Bend).


1. What tradition for the presidential inauguration did Jefferson start that presidents still do today?

 2. What does laissez faire mean?

 3. How much did the U.S. pay for the Louisiana Territory? 

4. Jefferson's second term in office was primarily focused on what? 

5. Why do you think the Embargo Act was bad for the U.S. economy?

 

 

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