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Word | Defenition |
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Radicals | people who take extreme political positions |
Judiciary Act of 1801 | Act under which President Adams appointed as many Federalist judges as he could before Thomas Jefferson took office |
John Marshall | A federalist appointed by John Adams as Cheif Justice of the supreme court |
Marbury VS. Madison | Supreme Court case in which John Marshall declared that a law passed by Congress was unconstitutional, therby establishing the priciple of judiciary review |
unconstitutional | A contradiction of the law of the Constiution |
judicial review | Principle that says that the Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution |
Louisiana Purchase | An 1803 land purchase from France, which gave the port of New Orleans amd doubled the size of the country |
Meriwether Lewis | Explorer chosen to lead an expedition into the Louisiana Territory |
William Clark | A skilled mapmaker and outdoorsman chosen to explore the Louisiana Territory |
Lewis and Clark Expedition | A trip to explore the Louisiana Territory |
Sacagewea | A shoshone woman whose language skills and knowledge of geography helped Lewis and Clark |
Zebulan Pike | An army officer who led an expedition into the Southern part of the Louisiana Territory |
impressment | Kidnapping of sailors to work on ships |
Embargo Act of 1807 | An act passed by Congress to stop all foreign trade with the United States |
Temcumseh | A Shawnee cheif who tried to unite Native American trides |
War Hawks | Westerners who called for war against Britain |
Oliver Hazard Perry | Naval Officer whose fleet defeated the British FOrces on Lake Erie |
Battle of Thames | Fight in which General Harrison defeated British forces in the Northwest |
Francis Scott Key | A Washington lawyer who watched the all-night battle at Fort McHenry and showed his pride by writing what became the national anthem |
Treaty of Ghent | Treaty that ended the War of 1812 |