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Unit 6 Vocab
6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| John Marshal | Federalist and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, increased the power of the Federal Gov't |
| 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 unconstitutional |
| Barbary Pirates | pirates from North Africa that demanded bribery in order for a safe use of the Med. Sea |
| Embargo Act | Law passed by Thomas Jefferson that banned trade with all foreign nations, it was a disaster and made Jefferson very unpopular |
| Lewis and Clark | explored the Louisiana Territory to find a Northwest Passage, make peaceful contact with natives |
| Louisiana Purchase | the land that was bought from France in 1803 that went from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains |
| Missouri River | route that Lewis and Clark followed while exploring the Louisiana Territory |
| Sacajawea | native guide that helped Lewis and Clark |
| Impressment | forcing sailors to serve in another country's navy against their will |
| Tecumseh | Native leader that dreamed of a confederacy of tribes that would stop the US |
| Tippecanoe | battle fought between William Henry Harrison and Tecumseh's forces that ended Tecumseh's dream |
| William Henry Harrison | War of 1812 general that became a hero for defeating Tecumseh at Tippecanoe |
| Thomas Jefferson | President that doubled the size of the US |
| Treaty of Ghent | Agreement that officially ended the War of 1812 |
| War of 1812 | Fought because Americans were tired of British impressment |
| 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 |
| Horseshoe Bend | Battle fought in Alabama when Andrew Jackson defeated the Creek Nation |
| Nationalism | feeling pride for your country |
| Andrew Jackson | Tennessee general that became famous for defeating the Creek |
| Lake Erie | Battle fought and won by the Americans to control the Great Lakes region |
| Battle of New Orleans | last battle of the War of 1812; made Andrew Jackson a national hero |
| Washington D.C | capital city that was burned during the war of 1812 |
| Hartford Convention | Meeting of Federalists towards the end of the War of 1812 |
| Convention of 1818 | Agreement in which America and Britain set the border of Canada to the 49th parallel |
| Adams Onis Treaty | Deal between America and Spain that ceded Florida to America |
| John Quincy Adams | Secretary of State that worked out the Convention of 1818 |
| Era of Good Feelings | After the War of 1812 the country felt a sense of nationalism; there was only one political party during the era |
| James Monroe | 5th president, during the Era of Good Feelings |
| Monroe Doctrine | Speech to the rest of the world to say the western hemisphere was off limits of colonization |
| Latin America | South, central America and parts of North America claimed by Spain or Portugal |
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