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Thomas Jefferson’s Presidency
A. Jefferson ordered ____________________________________________
to explore the new land
1. their job was to find a river route to ______________________,
make contact with __________________________, and ________
_______________________________
2. the expedition set out from ________________ in 1804 and they
followed the ________________________
3. with the help of _____________________, they crossed the Rocky
Mountains and eventually reached the Pacific Ocean on the
__________________________________
4. the expedition took over ________________ and they exposed the
current day _____________________ to the rest of the country
5. _____________________________ was another explorer
a. he set out along the ____________________ and explored to
the Rockies
b. ______________________ in the Rockies is named for him
B. The Election of 1804 was a _______________________ for Jefferson
1. he defeated ___________________________________ 162
electoral votes to 12
2. Jefferson won because he was extremely popular
a.
C. Jefferson’s second term did not go as smoothly as his first
1. during his second term, many nations in Europe were fighting
2. __________________________ ships continually boarded
American trading ships
3. the British would actually
4. Jefferson was furious with France and Britain, but realized
force was not a strong option
a. America lacked __________________________
5. Jefferson passed the ______________________________
a. it said America would not trade with __________________
____________________
6. this act had little effect on Britain and France because they learned
to _____________________________________
7. who this hurt the most was America – _______________________
8. _____________________ (a strong Federalist area) despised
Jefferson for this act, because their economy was based on ______
a. people of the north began ______________ goods to Europe
defying the President
9. this act hurt Jefferson’s popularity and in 1808 he retired to his
home _______________________
D. One of the growing concerns of the new country was the issue of
Native Americans
1. in the end of the 1700’s the Native Americans were successful in
attacking Americans _____________________________
2. it was not until 1794, that _________________________
launched a huge attack and destroyed many Native American tribes
in the ______________________
3. some Native Americans eventually adopted “________________”
4. some Native Americans moved onto _______________________
_____________ where they continued to practice their own
traditions
5. some Native Americans took military action against Americans
a. ______________ was a chief who attempted to unite tribes
b. his plan was to fight ______________________
c. he was defeated in battle in 1813, but was able to unite
several tribes for decades to ____________________
E. ______________________ was sworn in as the fourth President of the
United States
1. during his presidency, America again went to war with _______
_________________
F. There were two main events that led to war with Britain
1. several Congressmen from the west wanted war with Britain
a. they were called “_________________” and were led by
__________________ of ________________________
b. they believed the British were helping the Native Americans
__________________________
2. America was tired of the British ______________________ of
American sailors
G. The War of 1812 did not begin well for the Americans
1. they had a ________________ and virtually _________________
2. they were not only fighting the British, but the ________________
in the west
3. soon victories against the Native Americans came – often in the
form of ___________________________
a. it did not deter the British from continuing to fight
4. despite strong opposition the British navy was able to successfully
___________________________________
5. the lone American naval victory came with ___________________
defeating the British on ___________________ and securing
America’s northern boarder
H. With the defeat of Napoleon on 1814, the British were able to turn all
of their attention towards America
1. in August of 1814 – 4,000 British troops entered ______________
and burned the city including the ___________________________
2. from there the British marched north to ___________________
a. the British attacked __________________ at the entrance of
_____________________________
b. when the sun rose the next day – the American flag was
“__________________”
c. _________________________ witnessed the battle and
wrote “_________________________________”
I. After the British retreat from Baltimore, the war lost its momentum
1. it became a war ____________________________
2. the war was hurting American ____________________________
3. the British had no real chance or anything to gain from the war
4. on December 24, 1814 – both sides met to sign the ____________
__________________
a.
5. Americans again felt proud that they had survived another war
against Great Britain
J. The most interesting battle of the war took place AFTER the peace treaty
was signed
1. 5,000 British troops attempted to take ____________________
2. ____________________________ and the Americans learned of
the plan and prepared for the attack
3. the Americans fortified their positions and hid the weapons
4. the British attacked without _____________________
5. after the battle was over there were __________ British casualties
compared to ________ American casualties
K. After the war, Americans began heading west for a new life
1. one of the big questions that will dominate society for several
decades was ____________________
2. when a state wanted to enter the union it had to say if it was a
_____________________________
3. _____________________ was ready to enter the union in 1820
a. the problem was there was an ______ number of free vs.
slave states in the union – one more would tip the balance
4. _________________(now Speaker of the House) came up with the
Missouri Compromise
a. __________________ enters as a slave state
b. _____________ would enter as a free state
c. as the United States expanded – slavery would not be able to
exist above the _______________________
5. for the time, this solved the question of slavery
6. there were many in the country, including Thomas Jefferson, who
realized that the question of slavery could ____________________