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Ch 10 S.S test
| Term / Question | Definition / Answer |
|---|---|
| Custom Duties | tax collected on goods that are imported |
| Jurisdiction | the power or right to interpret a law |
| Secede | to withdraw or break away from a nation |
| Tribute | protection money |
| Neutral Rights | freedoms granted to a country that does not choose sides in a conflict |
| Embargo | blocking of trade |
| Nationalism | devotion to one's country |
| Frigate | Warship |
| Judicial Review | power of the Supreme Court to say whether any federal, state, or local law or government action goes against the Constitution |
| Sacagawea | guide for the Pacific |
| John Marshall | Chief Justice |
| The election of 1800 was decided by who? | The House of Representatives |
| What did the Louisiana Territory do to the United States? | doubled it in size |
| Santo Domingo is what modern day country? | Haiti |
| What disastrous governmental act was ineffective at stopping conflict with Britain and France? | Neutral Rights |
| The president was pressured to declare war on Great Britain by the. . . | War Hawks |
| One of the buildings burned by the British in the War of 1812 was . . . | the President's mansion |
| Who wrote "the Star Spangled Banner" | Francis Scott Key |
| Which man's victories in the War of 1812 later helped him win the presidency | Andrew Jackson |