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Unit 5 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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John Marshall | Federalist and Cheif Justice of the Supreme Court, increased 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 |
Barbary Pirates | pirates from North America that demanded a bribe in exchange for safe use of the Mediterranean Sea |
Embargo Act | law passed by Thomas Jefferson that banned trade with all foreign nations, it was a disaster made Jefferson very unpopular |
Lewis and Clark | Explored the Louisiana territory to find a Northwest Passage; made peaceful contact with natives and documented the plant and animal life of the area. |
Louisiana Purchase | the land bought from France in 1803 that went from the Missisippi 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 countryĆ 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 Tecumsehs forces that ended Tecumsehs dream of native confederacy; fought near Prophetstown. |
William Henry Harrison | War of 1812 general that became a hero for defeating Tecumseh and Tippercanoe 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 America or England. |
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 this battle. |
Thames River | Battle in which William Henry Harrison defeated Tecumseh for the last time; fought in Canada after the Battle of Lake Erie. |
Horseshoe Bend | Battle fought in Alabama when Andrew Jackson defeated the Creek Nation; secured millions acres 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 the Battle of 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, resulting in a US victory; made Andrew Jackson a national hero. |
Washington DC | capital that burned during the War of 1812. |
Hartford Convention | Meeting of Federalists towards the end of the War or 1812; protested the war and wanted New England to secede from the Union |
Convention of 1818 | Agreement in which the British and Americans set the US-Canada Border at the 49th parallel |
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 nationalism in America |
James Monroe | 5th President of the US 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 Northern America either claimed by Spain or Portugal |