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History Chapter 8
Vocabulary for History Chapter 8
Question | Answer |
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Thomas Jefferson | Republican Canidate in the Election of 1820. |
John Adams | Federalist Canidate in the election of 1820. |
Aaron Burr | The vice president to Thomas Jefferson. |
Charles C. Pinckney | United States minister to france |
James Madison | Elected president in 1808. |
Dolley Madison | First Lady in 1808, Saved a famous portrait of the first president in The Burning of Washington D.C.. |
William Marbury | Marbury vs. Marshall said that he wanted his job. the letter was never mailed. |
John Marshall | Marbury vs. Marshall said that the law Marbury was basing on was unconstitutional. |
Meriwether Lewis | Former army captain, lead the ----- and --- expidition. |
William Clark | co-leader of the expidition of ---- and ---- |
Sacagawea | a shoshone from the rocky mountaians acompanied louis and clark with her husband. served as a interpretor. |
Zebulon Pike | Explored areas. Spanish arrested him as a spy. Creates map. -----'s Peake named after him. Found the red river. |
Tecumseh | Has a dream to unite the indians and drive the americans out of their land. Forms an allience against america. |
William Henry Harrison | Heads up a army to defeate the indians. Victorious at the battle of tippecanoe. |
Henry Clay | From Kentucky a young congress man. Warhawk. |
John C. Calhoun | From South Carolina a young congress man. Warhawk. |
Felix Grundy | From Tennesse a young congress man. Warhawk. |
Oliver Hazard Perry | Built a small fleet and attacked the british in the battle of lake erie. Was victourious. |
Andrew Jackson | A general who commanded in The Battle of Horseshoe bend and Battle of New Orleans. |
Edward Pakenham | Leader of a |
Toussaint Louverture | Leader of the Haiti Revolution also called the black bonapart. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | Leader of France. Sold louisianna to america. |
Charles Talleyrand | French dipomat that created the xyz affair when he required a bribe. |
James Monroe | A American dipolmat trying to purchase New Orleans. Bought Louisiana. |
Robert Livingston | A American dipolmat trying to purchase New Orleans. Bought Louisiana. |
Stephen Decatur | Destroys the Barbary coast pirates. |
Barbary Coast/Pirates | Pirates were killing americans, Commerce is slowed. They stole cargo and held crews ransom for money. Steven Decautor kills/destroys the pirates. |
Election of 1800 | Thomas Jefferson was the Republican Cadidate, John Adams was the Federalist Canidate. |
Results of the Election of 1800 | Peaceful change of power from one party to another. Tied race led to the twelfth amendment. Jefferson won. |
Marbury v. Madison and Judicial Review | Marbury takes out a court case beacuse he was not given his job. The law he was basing his clame on was unconstitutional. Proved that Courts have Judicial Review- They can declare Things unconstitutional. |
Know the purpose of Lewis and Clark’s expedition | To colect specimes and make maps of the Louisianna territory. to look for a northwest passage if possible. Takes 2 years only loses one man. |
Know the purpose of Pike’s expedition | To find the red river. |
Louisiana Purchase | Agreement that roughly doubled the size of the United States. Tried to purchase just ---- But a war came up and france needed money. Cost 15 million dollars. Jefferson put it in the form of a treaty to pass through congress. |
USS Constitution | Called old iron sides. Frigate. Very fast and powerful. |
Impressment | The practice of forcing people to serve in the army or navy. |
Embargo Act | banned trade with all forgeign countrys. Hurt america more than other countrys. |
Non-Intercourse Act | banned trade with only britain, France and their colonies. |
Battle of Tippecanoe | William Henry Harrison Heads up a Army to defeat Tecumseh and his alliances. Defeates Tecumseh and destroys the native american allience. |
War Hawks | Young congressmen who want to declare war with britain. |
Battle of Horseshoe Bend | Andrew Jackson lead a army to defeate the creek indians. Jackson won the Treaty of Fort Jackson was signed. |
Battle of New Orleans | Last major conflict in war of 1812 |
Battle of Lake Erie | Oliver Hazard Perry built a small fleet and sailed out to meet the british. The battle ended when the brisish surrendered. |
Ft. McHenry | The britished attacked ------ shelled the fort for 25 hours. The americans refused to surrender. The british chose to retreate rather then continuing to fight. |
Star Spangled Banner | Dr. Bean tries to stop biritish looting. Captured as a pisnor. Friend named Francis Gote convenced the british to let him go after the battle. They agree. While he waits he writes the star spangled banner. |
The Burning of Washington D.C. | British attacked washington and burned the white house, the capitol and othe government buildings. |
Capture of Ft. Detroit | British capture Fort ----- through deception and bluff. |
Battle of the Thames | America was victorious Teecumseh is Killed. |
Treaty of Fort Jackson | Signed in the late 1814 ened the creek war and forced the creeks to give up millions of acres of their land. |
Hartford Convention | Federalists come togeter favoring a postion that lost. They are ridiculed. |
Treaty of Ghent | A treaty signed in Belguim on December 24 1814 ended the war of 1812. |
Causes of the War of 1812 | Impressment of American Sailors Interference with American shipping British military aid to the Native Americans |
Effects of the War of 1812 | Increased sense of national pride American manufacuturing boosted Native American resistence weakened |