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Unit 4 Review
Review for Unit 4 US History
Term | Definition |
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XYZ affair | Incident in which French diplomats demanded a bribe from American diplomats. Caused tensions between US and France. |
Impressment | Practice in which Britain took sailors off US ships and forced them to serve in the British navy. |
war hawks | Nickname for people who strongly advocated for war against Great Britain leading up to the War of 1812 |
Results of War of 1812 | Increased American nationalism and US maintained independence and territory |
strict constructionist | Someone who believed that if the Constitution did not explicitly state the government had the authority to do something, that meant they could not do it. |
Louisiana Purchase | Doubled the size of the United States for $15 million |
Lewis and Clark | Were sent by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana territory and track the terrain, plants, animals and report back about Native Americans who lived there. |
Gibbons v. Ogden | Supreme Court Case that reaffirmed the fact that the federal (national) government has the power to regulate interstate commerce. Helps strengthen the federal government. |
McCulloch v. Maryland | Ruled that the supremacy clause means that a state cannot tax the federal government and ruled that the necessary and proper clause made the creation of the National Bank constitutional. |
Monroe Doctrine | Stated that the Western Hemisphere was closed to further European colonization. |
Cotton Gin | Drastically increased the production of cotton and lead to an increase in slavery in the United States |
Missouri Compromise | Allowed Missouri to be a slave state, Maine a free state and stated that going forward, slavery north of the 36/30' line was prohibited. |