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ch 10 vocab
Question | Answer |
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radical | a person who takes extreme political positions |
judiciary act of 1801 | a law that increased the number of federal judges |
john marshall | a 45 year old federalist that was chief justice of the supreme court |
marbury v. madison | one of the most important decions of the marshal court |
unconstitutional | contradicted the law of the constitution |
judicial review | the supreme court has the final say in interpreting the constitution |
lousiana purchase | a purchase of land that doubled the size of the united states |
meriwether lewis | the leader of a expidition across north america |
william clark | the co captain in an expidition across america |
lewis and clark expidition | an expidition across america |
sacagawea | a shoahone indian that helped lewis and clark on their expidition |
zebulon pike | the captain on an expidition to find the source of the arkansas and red rivers |
impressment | trade by kid napping |
embargo act of 1708 | american ships were not allowed to sail to foreign ports. |
tecumseh | a shawnee indian chief |
war hawks | westerners who called for war against britain |
oliver hazard perry | a ship captain that caused the british to surrender in a battle against a small british fleet |
battle of the thames | general harrison defeated the british forces in canada |
francis scott key | a washinton lawyer that made the national anthem |
treaty of ghent | ended the war of 1812 |