1. Chapter 11 Review

2. Why were so many North Carolinians concerned about the Louisiana Purchase?
Concern that adding such a large area would diminish NC’s role in Congress

3. How was George Washington Chosen as the First President of the United States?
Through electors from each state

4. What was the primary goal of the Zebulon Pike expedition?
Locate the sources of the Arkansas and Red rivers

5. During the second NC state convention, NC did agree to ratify the US constitution because the US Congress was going to add what?
the Bill of Rights

6. What was the mission of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Explore the Northern Part of the land involved in the Louisiana Purchase

7. What two reasons were people primarily concerned about the perceived weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
It might be too easy to for a foreign power to take over the new nation or that the states might set themselves up as their own country

8. Strong growth in manufacturing
What impact did the War of 1812 have on manufacturing of goods in the United States?
Strong growth in manufacturing

9. In 1787, desperate farmers looking for tax relief tried to seize guns stored in Springfield Massachusetts in the uprising that was known as what?
Shay’s Rebellion

10. Which president orchestrated the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson

11. Which power did the Articles of Confederation not give the federal government that the Constitution did?
The power to levy taxes

12. In 1807, how did Thomas Jefferson respond to British actions against American Ships?
He convinced congress to pass the Embargo Act of 1807

13. The British blockaded US ships from France, impressed sailors and allied with Native Americans in the Northwest Territory which led to what historical event?
The War of 1812

14. The system which gives each of the three US branches of government some role in the other branches of government’s affairs is known as what?
Checks and Balances

15. The agreement to pay France for rights to a large area of land located in the mid section of North America was known as what?
The Louisiana Purchase

16. Supporters of the new Constitution, who argued that it would better balance national and state power, were called
Federalists

17. Which two states did not originally ratify the US Constitution?
North Carolina and Rhode Island

18. A system of government where the people elect representatives to make and enforce laws on their behalf is known as what?
A republic

19. The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution are collectively known as what?
The Bill of Rights

20. The first system of government in the newly independent United States where power was divided between the national government and the state governments is called what?
The Articles of Confederation

21. A person who supported the new US Constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation were known as what?
Federalists

22. The plan to have two houses of Congress one equally representing each state and one representing each state based on population was called what?
The Great Compromise

23. Those who opposed the US Constitution on grounds it gave too much power to the federal government were known as what?
Antifederalists

24. In 1787, representatives of the newly independent states drafted a constitution for a government in which people elect representatives to make and enforce laws, a type of government called a?
republic

25. The kidnapping of sailors and forcing them to join the British Navy was known as what?
Impressment

26. Who led the US forces in the Battle of New Orleans?
Andrew Jackson

27. What was the name of the governing plan for the United States developed by the Second Continental Congress in 1777?
The Articles of Confederation

28. Before the War of 1812, many leaders from the western part of the United States were calling for war with Britain. They were collectively referred to as what?
War Hawks

29. The Shawnee leader who worked to unite Native Americans in Ohio and Indiana against US expansion westward was named what?
Tecumseh