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Jefferson Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tribute | money paid by one country to another in return for protection |
| embargo | a government order that forbids foreign trade |
| Laissez Faire | the government shouldn't interfere in the economy |
| nationalism | pride in one's country |
| blockade | shutting a port or road to prevent people from coming into a area or leaving so supplies can't get through |
| impressment | act of forcing sailors to join the British navy |
| anthem | a song about one's country |
| judicial review | supreme court to strike down or declare unconstitutional laws |
| "old ironsides" | US warships USS constitution |
| war hawks | people that where eager for war with Britain |
| Sacagawea | someone who would travel with them and serve as a translator on the Lewis & Clark expedition |
| William Marbury | appointed judge by John Adams |
| John Marshall | chief justice who ruled the Judiciary Act |
| Oliver Hazard Perry | won a naval battle on Lake Erie "we have met the enemy and they are ours" |
| Aaron Burr | Jefferson's running partner/vice president |
| Andrew Jackson | took command of American forest defeated Greek Indians in Georgia, won the battle of New Orleans v British |
| Francis Scott Key | author of US National Anthem "Star Spangled Banner" |
| Stephen Decatur | led a raid on tripoli harbor burned the US Philadelphia |