Chapter 8: From the Appalachians to the Rockies
Across
- 5. defeated the Creeks at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend; defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans
- 6. admitted Maine as a free state and provided for the admission of Missouir as a slave state, maintaining balance in the Senate while avoiding conflict amongst the states
- 7. begun in an effort to stop the Indians before the gained further strength
- 9. speaker of the House and leading War Hawk from Kentucky
- 10. Shoshone woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark as a guide and interpreter
- 15. American captain who defeated the British at the Battle of Lake Erie
- 17. Democratic-Republican President; served 1817-1825
- 18. defeated the Indians at the Battle of Tippecanoe
- 19. organized Indian resistance against American settlers
- 21. last great battle of the war of 1812
- 23. wrote our national anthem
- 24. french dictator who shut down the Mississippi River to trade and sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States
- 26. became the first frontier or "western" state in 1792
- 27. congressmen, mostly from southern and western states, who called for war with England
- 28. group of Presidents from Virgina who guided our country in the early years of its history
Down
- 1. U.S. navy defeated the British Great Lakes Fleet and won the control of the Region
- 2. prohibited any future colonization in the New World by European Powers
- 3. an important port on the Mississippi River
- 4. land purchased from France for $15,000,000, more than doubling the size of the United States
- 8. national pride
- 11. frontiersman who blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap and led settlers into Kentucky and Tennessee
- 12. began after War of 1812; marked by national growth and cooperation
- 13. minority President chosen by the House; served 1825-1829
- 14. fort built by Daniel Boone in Kentucky
- 16. Jefferson's plan to stop all trade with Europe
- 20. Democratic-Republican President; served 1809-1817
- 22. ended the War of 1812 (1814)
- 25. explored the southern half of the Louisiana territory