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chapter 9 vocab
The Jefferson Era
Term | Definition |
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Thomas Jefferson | got the Louisiana purchases |
Conestoga Wagons | sturdy vehicles topped with white canvas |
Louisiana purchase | when Jefferson bought the land for 15 million |
Tribute | protection money |
Impressment | The practice of forcing people to serve in the Navy |
Embargo | prohibits trade with another country |
War Hawks | People that look for war |
Nationalism | loyalty to their country |
Francis Scott Key | Wrote the national anthem |
Treaty of Ghent | a signed peace agreement |
Battle of New Orleans | A battle after the war of 1812 |
Andrew Jackson | He slaughtered more than 550 creek people |
James Madison | The president at the time of the war of 1812 |
Dolly Madison | James Madison's wife |
Sacagawea | A young Shoshone woman that joined the Lewis and Clark exploration as a guide |
Privateers | Armed private ships |