8th grade Social Studies 2nd Tri exam

James Madison

Founding father, wrote most of the constitution and president during the war of 1812

William Henry Harrison

Military leader, met the Native Americans at Tippecanoe

Tecumseh

Leader of the Native Americans, tried to get the tribes to work together against the white settlers

Washington DC

The British attacked our capital and they burned most of it down

Louisiana Purchase

Bought a huge chunk of land from England

Judicial

To make sure laws are fair

Senate

2 for each state; there are 100 members

House of Representatives

435 members; part of the legislative branch

Legislative

Pass laws and make sure people are happy

Declaration of Independence

A break up letter to England

Constitution

Rules of our country; 7 articles, 4 parts, 10 bill of rights, 17 amendments

Ratify

to approve or vote on

Embargo

ban on trade

Judicial Review

The idea that the Supreme Court can overturn unconstitutional laws

Fort McHenry

Fort in Baltimore, Maryland, protected the city (Baltimore) from a big attack

Francis Scott Key

Watched the battle in Baltimore, wrote a poem, that poem is now our national anthem

Andrew Jackson

Military general, fought and won a battle at New Orleans, became a National hero

3

How many branches of government are there?

George Washington

1st president, American Revolution general

Thomas Jefferson

Wrote the Declaration of Independence, 3rd president, bought Louisiana Purchase

Aaron Burr

3rd Vice president, killed Hamilton in a duel

John Marshall

Supreme court justice, came up with judicial review

Alexander Hamilton

Founding father, came up with our money system and the national bank

William Clark

Military man from Ohio, led the expedition to the Pacific with another person

Napoleon Bonaparte

Emperor of France, sold us Louisiana purchase

Sacagewea

Native American who went with Lewis and Clark on their expedition and served as their interpreter.

Meriwether Lewis

Jefferson’s secretary, helped lead the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore Western America and take a journey to the Pacific Ocean

We needed the land to make us look rich, farming, and for more people wanting to move out west. The land was used for shipping, like in New Orleans, farming, like in Iowa and Nebraska, and getting Oil. A region of the Louisiana Purchase is still used today for mining, like Colorado, shipping, like in New Orleans, and farming, in places like Iowa and Nebraska.

Essay question: In 1803, the US bought a large chunk of land called Louisiana. As we created states out of that land, the issue of Slavery in the new states was a big deal. Why did we need more land? What was the land used for? Explain how a region of that chunk is still important today?