Term | Definition |
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radical | take extreme political posistions |
Marbury vs. Madison | first case where the Supreme court used its power |
Judiciary act of 1801 | means that the next president faced a very firm Federalist jury |
John Marshal | cheif justice for 30 years, holding up his federalist views |
unconstitutinal | against the constitutuon |
judicial review | Supreme courts review |
Louisiana Purchase | doubled U.S. size, for $15 mil (3 cents an acre) |
Lewis and Clark expedition | explored the new land gained in the Louisiana purchase |
Meriwether Lewis | Lead the expedition |
William CLark | helped Lewis with his mission |
Sacagawea | Her knowledge and language skills proved to be wonderful assets to the expedition. She left with her baby and French trapper husband. She was only 17 |
Zebulon Pike | He went on a mission to discover the source of the Red River, instead found Pikes peak and the Rio Grande. Went back to the U.S. with great knowledge of the Great Plains and Rio Grande River Valley |
Impressment | kidnapping of another nations sailors to work on you nations ships |
Tecumseh | vowed to stop the loss of Native american land, as he was a Shawnee Chief |
Embargo Act of 1807 | Stopped export trade with foreign nations, and all trade with the British |
War Hawk | a person who wanted war with the Native Americans |
Oliver Hazard Perry | took charge of the infant fleet of Fort Erie |
Francis Scott Key | watched the all night battle over a detained British ship |
Battle or the Thames | Americans defeat the British, sending them packing into Canada |
Treaty of Ghent | ended the War of 1812 |
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