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- 8. United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812. The poem later became the Star Spangled Banner.
- 9. the brother of Tecumseh
- 10. Secretary of State, He served as sixth president under Monroe. In 1819, he drew up the Adams-Onis Treaty in which Spain gave the United States Florida in exchange for the United States dropping its claims to Texas. The Monroe Doctrine was mostly Adams' work.
- 13. United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812
- 15. French Dictator who sold America the Louisiana Purchase
- 18. American soldier and explorer whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named. Mapped much of the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase
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- 1. A skilled mapmaker and outdoorsman appointed by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory and lands west to the Pacific Ocean
- 2. Army captain appointed by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory and lands west to the Pacific Ocean
- 3. was an American military leader, politician, the ninth President of the United States, and the first President to die in office. His death created a brief constitutional crisis, but ultimately resolved many questions about presidential succession left unanswered by the Constitution until passage of the 25th Amendment. Led US forces in the Battle of Tippecanoe.
- 4. The leader of the army that crushed the Indians of the Northwest Territory in 1794.
- 5. (1817-1821) and (1821-1825) The Missouri Compromise in 1821., the fifth President of the United States (1817-1825).His administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida (1819); the Missouri Compromise (1820), in which Missouri was declared a slave state; and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine (1823), declaring U.S. opposition to European interference in the Americas
- 6. Distinguished senator from Kentucky, who ran for president five times until his death in 1852. He was a strong supporter of the American System, a war hawk for the War of 1812, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and known as "The Great Compromiser." Outlined the Compromise of 1850 with five main points. Died before it was passed however.
- 7. South Carolina Senator - advocate for state's rights, limited government, and nullification; In 1828, he lead the fight against protective tariffs which hurt the south economically. Created the doctrine of nullification which said that a state could decide if a law was constitutional. This situation became known as the Nullification Crisis.
- 11. 3rd President of the United States. Responsible for the Louisiana Purchase
- 12. "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States
- 14. American jurist and politician who served as the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1801-1835) and helped establish the practice of judicial review
- 16. The seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), who as a general in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans (1815). As president he opposed the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable federal laws, and increased the presidential powers.
- 17. A Shawnee chief who, along with his brother, Tenskwatawa, a religious leader known as The Prophet, worked to unite the Northwestern Indian tribes. The league of tribes was defeated by an American army led by William Henry Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. Tecumseh was killed fighting for the British during the War of 1812 at the Battle of the Thames in 1813.
