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Ch 10 history vocab
ch10 history vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| radical | person who takes extreme political position |
| Judiciary Act of 1801 | law that increased the number of federal judges , allowing President John Adams to fill most of the new spots with federalists |
| John Marshall | chief Justice of the supreme court during McCulloch vs. Maryland (1819) |
| Marbury vs. Madison | an 1803 case in which the supreme court ruled that it had the power to abolish laws by declaring them unconstitutional |
| unconstitutional | something that contradicts the law of the constitution |
| judicial review | the principle that the supreme court has the final say in interpreting the constitution |
| Louisiana Purchase | the 1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France |
| Meriwether Lewis | explored the lands of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803; hunter and worked for Jefferson |
| William Clark | army friend of Lewis; in state militia and the US army ;skilled artist |
| Lewis and Clark Expedition | group led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark who explored the lands of the Louisiana Purchase in the begining of 1803 |
| Sacagewea | shoshone Indian who helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition |
| Zebulon Pike | led expedition to find the sources of the Arkansas and Red River and spotted the Rocky Mountain peak and named it Pike's Peak |
| Barbary Pirates | pirates who attacked and captured American ships off the coast of Africa |
| impressment | the act of seizing by force |
| Embargo Act -1807 | an act that stated that American ships were no longer allowed to sail to foreign ports, and it also closed American ports to British ships |
| Tecumnseh | a Shawnee chief who vowed to stop the loss of Native American land; believed that the reason Natives were loosing land was because they were separated into different tribes |
| War hawk | westerners who wanted/supported war |
| Oliver Hazard Perry | experienced naval officer that led the most important US naval victory (took place on Lake Erie) |
| U.S.S. constitution | ship that gave America its first victory in the war; was made out of very dense wood, so weapons would just bounce off it; nicknamed by the enemy " old iron sides " because of this |
| Francis Scott Key | Washington lawyer that watched a battle through the night ; came up with the U.S. national anthem when at dawn he discovered the flag was still standing |
| The Star Spangled Banner | inspired by the flag that flew over ft. McHenry |
| Dolly Madison | President's wife stayed at the White House as long as she could to save important historical documents |
| Battle of New Orleans | Battle to Claim New Orleans |
| Andrew Jackson | future president who said hostilites were necessary for protection of our marine time citizens impressed on board Briitish ships of war; urged war on Britain on June 18, 1812 |
| Treaty of Ghent | treaty signed in 1814, which ended the war of 1812; no territory exchanged hands and trade disputes were not disolved |
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