HISTORY chapter8-10 Test 4
Invented the steel plow?
John Deere
Invented a much improved sewing machine?
Elias Howe
Who won the Battle of Lake Erie?
Oliver Hazard Perry
Who served as the director of the National Bank?
Nicholas Biddle
Who invented the reaping machine?
Cyrus McCormick
Who invented in laying a transatlantic cable?
Cyrus Feild
Who improved the power loom?
Francis Cabot Lowell
Who won the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
Anthony Wayne
Who won the Battle of Tippecanoe?
William Henery Harrison
Who developed the first successful steamboat?
Robert Fulton
What was the first state of the Northwest territory to be admitted to the Union?
Ohio
The Webster Ashburton treaty of 1842 settled the boundary between _____________and the United States?
Canada
Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the Star Spangled Banner during the at ____________?
Fort Mc Henery
What Battle was the last great battle of the war of 1812?
Battle of New Orleans
What was the most significant development of the transportation revolution?
Steam locomotive or Train
What is a closed meeting of party leaders to choose a prsidential candidate?
Caucus
What country did the United States receive Flordia from in 1819?
Spain
This doctrine is the idea that a state could cancel a federal law?
Nullification
This allowed New York City to become the lead commercial center center in the nation?
Canal
This president vetoed the Bank Charter Bill in 1832?
Andrew Jackson
This is the practical use of scientific knowledge?
Technology
As a part of the Missouri Comprimise this state was admitted to the Union as a free state?
Maine
What was the first frontier state to be admitted to the Union?
Kentucky
What nation did President Jefferson send warships when the ruler demanded a higher tribute?
Tripoli
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel F.B.Morse
When did the United States buy Louisiana?
1803
What senator from Massachusets was the greatest orator in Congress?
Daniel Webster
Who proposed the Comprimise Tariff of 1833
Henery Clay
What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provide?
plan of Government
When was the Missouri Comprimise signed?
1820
The destruction of which crop caused a famine in Ireland?
Potato
What political party was formed out of dislike for President Jackson?
Whig
What country sold the Louisiana Territoy to the United States?
France
What country forced US sailors to serve on her warships?
Great Briain
During the War of 1812 where was the convention held that started States rights?
Hartford
Who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel?
Aaron Burr
What did President Jackson issue that required all public lands be paid for in silver and gold?
Specie Circular
What was the fastest overland communication service before the telegraph?
Pony Express
What trail through the Cumberland Gap did settlers use to travel West?
Wilderness Road
What famous author used his experience as a steamboat pilot to write books such as Life on the Mississippi?
Samuel Clemens or Mark Twain
Who was the Indian guide that traveled with Lewis and Clark in the Louisiana Territory?
Sacagawea
What policy warned European powers against interfering in the Western Hemisphere?
Monroe Doctrine
What group of patriots called for war with Great Britain,leading to the War of 1812?
War Hawks
What act required American Indians living on lands east of the Mississippi River to move farther West?
Indian Removal Act
Who is a person who risks personal loss to develop and market products or ideas?
entrepreneur
What act did President Jefferson pass that limited exports with Europe, hoping to avoid war with England and France?
Embargo Act
Who led the way to Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap?
Daniel Boone