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ch10 vocab js
Question | Answer |
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radical | people who take extreme political positions |
judiciary act of 1801 | a law that increased the # of judicial judges, allowing president john adams to fill most of the spots with federalists |
john marshall | was a 45 year old chief justice of the supreme court |
marbury v. madison | A U.S. Supreme Court case in which Chief Justice John Marshall used a dispute over judicial appointments to declare a judiciary act unconstitutional, establishing the power of the Supreme Court to decide the constitutionality of statutes. |
unconstitutional | it contradicted the law of the constutition |
judicial review | that the supreme court has the final say interpeting the constutition |
impressment | kidnapping |
embargo act of 1807 | american ships were no longer allowed to sail to foreign parts |
tecumseh | a shawnee cheif |
war hawks | they wanted british aid to the native americans to stop |
Louisiana purchase | This was land for farmers it also doubled the size of the united states |
Meriwether Lewis | Lead the expedition |
William Clark | To select and oversee a volunteer force |
Lewis and Clark expedition | A group led by Lewis and clark |
Sacajawea | Helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition |
Zebulon pike | Pike's mission was to find the sources of the Arkansas and the red river |
Oliver hazard perry | An experienced officer took charge of this infant fleet |
Battle of the thames | This victory put an end to british threat to the northwest and also claimed the life of Tecumseh |
Francis Scott key | He made the national anthem |
Treaty of Ghent | Which ended the war of 1812 |