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Ch.#10
Ch.10 BN
Question | Answer |
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radical | people who take extreme political positions |
Judiciary Act of 1801 | a law that increased the number of federal judges, which allowed John Adams to fill many of these spots with Federalists |
John Marshall | the 45 year old chief justice that was appointed by John Adams before he left office |
Marbury v. Madison | an 1803 case that the Supreme Court had the power to abolish laws by declaring them unconstitutional |
unconstitutional | contradicted the law of the Constitution |
judicial review | this is a principle that states that the Supreme Court has the final say in interpretation of the Constitution |
Louisiana Purchase | the 1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France |
Meriwether Lewis | a young officer who was picked by Jefferson to lead the expedition through the Loiusiana Territory and plan the trip |
William Clark | Lewis's old friend who was to select and oversee a volunteer force/ skilled mapmaker and leading outsdoorman |
Lewis and Clark expedition | an expedition led by Lewis and Clark through the Louisiana Territory in 1803 |
Sacagawea | a shoshone woman who was skilled in language and geography which was valuable to Lewis and Clark |
Zebulon Pike | the leader of an expedition to find the source of Arkansas and the red river in 1806 |
impressment | kidnapping |
Embargo Act of 1807 | American ships were no longer allowed to sail to foreign ports and closed american ports from british shippers |
Tecumseh | a Shawnee leader who vowed to stop the loss of Native American land |
War Hawk | Westerners who called for war against Britain |
Oliver Hazard Perry | an experienced officer who took charge of the fleet of the shore of Lake Eerie |
Battle of Thames | an American victory over the British in the War of 1812, which ended the British threat to the Northwest Territory |
Francis Scott Key | a Washington lawyer who watched the battle of the British who burned the Capitol |
Treaty of Ghent | the battle that ended the War of 1812 |