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Grade 5 Early National Era
What were three of the five Native American nations that were forcibly moved off of their lands after 1830?
Grade 5 Early National Era
Beginning in 1792, Benjamin Banneker began to publish his work on the movement of stars in what type of yearly publication?
Grade 5 Early National Era
What is the "Trail of Tears" ?
Grade 5 Early National Era
Formal declaration of the War on Britain (War of 1812) was:        June       

     18      ,         1812.        
Grade 5 Early National Era
What was Jefferson's suggestion for improving mail delivery speed?
  1. horses
  2. cows
  3. camels
  4. trains
Grade 5 Early National Era
Describe the "Indian Removal Act of 1830" :
Grade 5 Early National Era
          In 1820          , Henry Clay worked out the                       Missouri Compromise                      , allowing Missouri to enter the Union as a          slave           state and Maine as a        free        state.
Grade 5 Early National Era
*FACTS ON DOLLY MADISON*

1. She was known for her                intelligence                and         charm        .

2. In the        fire       during                      "The War of 1812"                       she saved the

               Declaration                      of                     Independence               , the National

       seal        , and other items including a famous portrait of

         George                       Washington             .
Grade 5 Early National Era
*FACTS ABOUT JAMES MADISON*

1.       4th       President.

2. He served      2      presidential term(s) from        1809        to        1840       .

3. Active Politician from            Virginia           .

4. Was             Secretary             of         State         for president             Jefferson            .

5. Was President during the               War of 1812              . Some people called this war

      Mr.                   Madison's             War.

6. He was nicknamed           father            of the constitution.
Grade 5 Early National Era
Describe the Missouri Compromise:
Grade 5 Early National Era
FACTS ABOUT ZEBULON PIKE

1. He discovered           Pike's                   Peak        in the Colorado Mountains.

2. He assisted in mapping the             Louisiana            territory.

3. He accidentally               discouraged               settlers from going west by describing

the plains as "The Great            American                     Desert          ."

4. Was caught by           Spanish           troops under suspicion that he was a spy.

5. He fought in the War of        1812        during which he was killed by leading an

          assault           on the city of        York        .
Grade 5 Early National Era
*WAR BEGINS*

1. It was risky because      US      didn't have a powerful Army or Navy.

2. No one               Volunteered               to fight.

3.           Neither           truly won the war both sides agreed to       end       it.

4. It was considered the        2nd         war of                independence                .
Grade 5 Early National Era
      War               Hawks         wanted the US to go to war with Britain.
Grade 5 Early National Era
Name the 4 parts of the Monroe Doctrine.
Grade 5 Early National Era
*BATTLE OF LAKE EERIE*

1. Captain:          Oliver                   Hazard                  Perry        .

2.      9      ships ready to challenge the British.

3. The           British           were forced to surrender.

4.             Americans             took control of        Lake                Eerie        

which threatened British Security.
Grade 5 Early National Era
*BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS*

1. A          treaty          was signed to end the war.

2.       One                Battle          was unaware that the treaty had been signed.

3.          10,000          British tried to overtake        New        

          Orleans           which would have stopped trade on the               Mississippi              .

4.           Andrew                       Jackson             led troops to battle:

       2000        British &      70      Americans died.
Grade 5 Early National Era
          In 1789          , in New York, George Washington was granted the full powers and responsibilities of the presidency by the                     U.S. Constitution                    .
Grade 5 Early National Era
           Barbary             Coast is the coast which extended along the

           Northern            edge of Africa from the Egyptian Border to the Atlantic Ocean.
Grade 5 Early National Era
             Jacksonian                          Democracy             was Andrew Jackson's idea of democracy where the common man would make significant political decisions.
Grade 5 Early National Era
*WASHINGTON IN FLAMES!!*

1. On          August          in the year of        1814        the British set fire to

the White House.

2. Most             important                         buildings             are destroyed.

3. A         storm         forced a retreat.
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