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The Jefferson Era
Jefferson Era Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Third President of the USA | Thomas Jefferson |
| Amendment which created a separate ballot for President and Vice President | 12th Amendment |
| Court case which established judicial review | Marbury v. Madison |
| Ability of the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of a government action | Judicial Review |
| Nickname for NC due to its backwardness | Rip Van Winkle State |
| Indicators of NC Social Deccline | 1. Political Stagnation 2. Lack of transportation 3. Poor Education |
| Important port city closed to the USA by the Spanish | New Orleans |
| Land purchase from the French for 15 million dollars that doubled the size of the USA | Louisiana Purchase |
| Sent to explore the Louisiana Purchase | Lewis and Clark |
| Group founded by Lewis and Clark to go on expedition | Corps of Discovery |
| Shoshone Indian woman who served as translator and guide to the Lewis and Clark expedition | Sacagawea |
| NC native who was member of the Corps of Discovery and led group back from Missouri River to bring samples to the President | Richard Warfington |
| Young army officer who led expedition to discover the starting point of the Red River; Offered Americans their first view of the SouthWest | Zebulon Pike |
| Powerful warship that is nicknamed Old Ironsides; oldest commissioned warship in the world | U.S.S. Constitution |
| The practice of forcing people into the Army or Navy | Impressment |
| Banning of trade | embargo |
| Banned all foreign trade for the USA | Embargo Act |
| Banned US trade with Britain and France only | Non-Intercourse Act |
| Shawnee chief who led Native Americans in revolts against the US | Tecumseh |
| Defeated Tecumseh at the Battle of Tippecanoe | William Henry Harrison |
| Young members of Congress who called for war against Britain | War Hawks |
| President during the War of 1812 | James Madison |
| Led the U.S. navy against the British in the Battle of Lake Erie | Oliver Hazard Perry |
| Battle which ended British power in the Northwest | Battle of the Thames |
| Led 2,000 volunteers against the Creek nation in the Creek War | Andrew Jackson |
| Battle where Creek Indians where defeated by the Americans | Battle of Horseshoe Bend |
| Treaty that ended the Creek War | Treaty of Fort Jackson |
| Creek Indians had to give up this after being defeated | Millions of acres of land |
| Important American city burnt by the British during War of 1812 | Washington D.C. |
| NC native and First Lady who refused to leave until priceless artifacts were rescued from Washington D.C. | Dolley Madison |
| Writer of the national anthem | Francis Scott Key |
| National anthem of the USA | Star Spangled Banner |
| Bombing of this fort inspired the national anthem | Fort McHenry |
| NC locations invaded by the British during the War of 1812 | Ocracoke and Portsmouth |
| Last major conflict of the War of 1812 | Battle of New Orleans |
| Leader of American forces at Battle of New Orleans | Andrew Jackson |
| Ineffective convention where Federalists agreed to oppose the war | Hartford Convention |
| Treaty that ended the War of 1812 | Treaty of Ghent |
| Causes of the War of 1812 | 1. Impressment of American Sailors 2. Interference with American shipping 3. British military aid to Native Americans |
| Effects of the War of 1812 | 1. Increased sense of national pride 2. American manufacturing boosted 3. Native American resistance weakened |
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