Lewis + Clark, and Thomas Jefferson Check

true or false: the election of 1800 was the first election where the press played a big role

true

true or false: Thomas jefferson won the election of 1800; first peaceful change in political parties

true

true or false: the defining moment of jefferson’s presidency was purchasing the Louisiana Territory for 15 million dollars

true

true or false: in order to purchase the louisiana territory, Jefferson used John Adams’ National Bank

false, alexander hamilton

true or false: Lewis and Clark were assigned the secret task to explore the newly purchased land

true

true or false: Jefferson hated the presidency so much, that he left it off his grave stone

true

what were some of the criticisms of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams:

A. Jefferson -

B. Adams -

A. Jefferson - anti-christian, pro-french radical, economically ignorant

B. Adams - tyrannical, wanted to crown himself king, favored wealthy northerners

which two candidates tied in the election of 1800? what political party were they part of?

thomas Jefferson + Aaron Burr, democractic-republican

since there was a tie in the election, who had to decide the winner of the election of 1800?

house of representatives

why was john Adams unpopular with the democratic-republicans and federalists?

democratic-republicans:

federalists:

DR’s - he supported the Alien + Sedition Acts

F - he began to seek peace with France

what role did Alexander Hamilton play in getting Jefferson elected?

he hated burr + used his power over the fed’s to convince the H.O.R’s to elect Jefferson

what is the significance of the Election of 1800? (2 things)

peaceful transfer from one political party to another, 12th amendment was added because there was a tie

what happened to alexander Hamilton in 1804?

burr shot Hamilton during a duel in upstate new york

why did Jefferson want to acquire new territory for the U.S?

population was doubling every 25 years

what french leader did Thomas Jefferson purchase land from? how much did Jefferson purchase the land for?

Napolean, $15 million

what did the Louisiana purchase do to the size of the country?

doubled the size

who was assigned to explore the newly acquired territory?

lewis + clark

according to the map which country owned the state of Florida in 1803?

spain

according to this map which 4 US states were still territories?

illinois, Mississippi, Indiana, michigan

which country owned territory south WEST of the Louisiana Purchase?

spain

what body of water borders Michigan and Illinois territory to the north?

great lakes

which country owned land where modern day canada is located?

british north america

what chain of mountains lies to the west of the Louisiana purchase?

rocky mountains

what advantages did Jefferson have by purchasing the Louisiana purchase?

access to abundance of resources, waterways, fertile farmland

where was the president hoping to find a water route?

from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean

how much did it cost jefferson to fund the journey?

$2,500

what was the name of the 48 qualified men who went on the expedition?

corps of discovery

how did toussaint charbonneau and 16 year old Sacagawea help Lewis and Clark?

they were guides + interpreters for the journey

what happened to Sacagawea just weeks before they departed to upper Missouri?

she gave birth to her 1st son

what happened when the corps of discovery encountered the Shoshone tribe?

sacagawea discovered that her brother led the tribe

how did Lewis and Clark feel about sacagawea?

they valued her

where was the group in the fall of 1805?

continental divide

where does Lewis think he has arrived?

pacific ocean

what location did Lewis arrive in?

columbia estuary

describe the weather that the group endured

cold, wet winter

why did the groups divide on their trek home?

to explore more land

about how long did this expedition take?

3 years

what did the group record when they arrived back in America?

more than 100 animals + nearly 200 new plants

how many maps did they create?

150

what did the expedition establish?

friendly relations with Indians + identified strategic locations for trading posts

when Thomas Jefferson later sent Zebulon Pike to explore the Colorado region, what did he find?

valuable information regarding the great plains and rocky mountains

fact or fiction: Lewis first met Clark after being court-martialed by the army

fact

fact or fiction: William Clark brought his save on the journey

fact

fact or fiction: only one member of the expedition died during the trip

fact

fact or fiction: Lewis later died under mysterious circumstances

fact

fact or fiction: Clark adopted sacagawea’s children

fact