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ch.10 study stack
Question | Answer |
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radical | people who took extreme political positions |
judiciary act of 1801 | when Adams filled in as many federal judges before Jefferson was appointed |
john marshall | a chief justice for the supreme court |
Marbury vs madison | when Marbury sued Madison for not giving him his job |
unconstitutional | something that contradicted the law of the constitution |
judicial review | the supreme court has a final say in interpreting the constitution |
louisiana purchase | the buying of New Orleans for $15 million |
meriwether Lewis | a young officer |
William Clark | an old friend of Jefferson and a Lieutenant |
Lewis and Clark expidition | a group who explored the Louisiana purchase beginning in 1803 |
Sacagawea | a shoshone guide woman married to a French trapper |
Zebulon Pike | a man who explored the sources of the Arkansas and Red rivers |
impressment | kidnapping |
Embargo Act of 1807 | American ships weren't allowed to foreign ports |
Tecumseh | a Shawnee chief |
war hawks | Westerners who called for war |
Oliver Hazard Perry | an expirenced officer |
Battle of the Thames | a battle where Harrison persued british forces and deafeted them |
Francis Scott Key | a Washington lawyer detained in a British ship |
Treaty of Ghent | ended the war of 1812 |