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Unit 6 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| John Marshall | Federalist and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, increased the power of the federal government |
| Marbury v. Madison | court case in which judicial review was used for the first time |
| Judicial review | the process of the judicial branch declaring a law to be unconstitutional |
| Embargo Act | law passed by Thomas Jefferson that banned trade with all foreign nations, it was a disaster and made Jefferson very unpopular |
| Lawis and Clark | Explored the Louisiana Territory to find a Northwest Passage, make peaceful contact with natives and document the plant and animal life of the area |
| Barbary Pirates | pirates from North Africa that demanded a bribe in exchange for safe use of the Mediterranean Sea |
| Louisiana Purchase | the land bought from France in 1803 that went from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains |
| Missouri River | route that Lewis and Clark followed as they explored the Louisiana Territory |
| Sacagawea | native guide that assisted Lewis and Clark by acting as an interpreter |
| Impressment | forcing sailors to serve in another country's navy against their will |
| Tecumseh | Native American leader that dreamed of a confederacy of tribes to stop US expansion westward |
| Tippecanoe | battle fought between William Henry Harrison and Tecumseh's forces that ended Tecumseh's dream of native confederacy, fought near Prophetstown |
| William Henry Harrison | War of 1812 general that became a hero for defeating Tecumseh at Tippecanoe and the Battle of the Thames |
| Thomas Jefferson | President that doubled the size of the United States |
| Treaty of Ghent | Agreement that officially ended the War of 1812, nothing was gained by the Americans of British |
| War of 1812 | Fought because Americans were tired of British impressment and Congressmen wanted land in Canada |
| Fort McHenry | American victory at Baltimore; the Star-Spangled Banner was written as a result of the battle |
| Thames River | Battle in which William Henry Harrison defeated the Creek nation; secured millions of aces of Creek land for American settlement |
| Nationalism | a feeling of pride in your nation |
| Andrew Jackson | Tennessee General that became famous for defeating the Creek at Horseshoe Bend and the British at New Orleans |
| Lake Erie | Battle fought and won by Americans to control the Great Lakes Region; Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry led the American forces |
| Battle of New Orleans | Last battle of the War of 1812,resounding victory for the US, made Andrew Jackson a national hero |
| Washington DC | capital city that was burned during the War of 1812 |
| Hartford Convention | Meeting of Federalist towards the end of the War of 1812, protested the war and wanted New England to secede |
| Convention of 1818 | Agreement in which the British and Americans set the Us-Canada border at he 49th parallel New England to secede from the Union |
| Adams Onis Treaty | Deal between the US and Spain that ceded Florida to the United States |
| John Quincy Adams | Secretary of State that worked out the Convention of 1818 and the Adams- Onis Treaty |
| Era of Good Feelings | Time period following the War of 1812 in which there was only one political party and a feeling of unity and nationalism on America |
| James Monroe | 5th President of the United States during the Era of Good Feelings |
| Monroe Doctrine | Speech to Europe that said the western hemisphere was off limits to colonization, the US would protect Latin America |
| Latin America | South,Central and parts of North America |
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