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S.S. Ch.10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Radical | people who take extreme political positions |
| Judiciary Act of 1801 | under this act John Adams appointed as many Federalist judges as he could betweeen the election of 1800 and Jefferson's inauguration |
| Marbury vs. Madison | a decision decided bt the Supremem Court, william Marbury was appointed Justice of the Peace for the district of Columbia, James Madisn refused to give him the job so Marbury sued. |
| unconstitutional | contradicted the law of the Constitution |
| judical review | a principle that states that the Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution |
| Louisiana Purchase | France offeref the Lousiana territory to the U.S. for 15$ million, this purchase doubled the size of the US. |
| Meriwether Lewis | the person chosen to explore the Louisiana country by jefferson |
| William Clark | Meriwether Lewis's freind to joun him on the Corps of Discorvery he was a skilled map maker |
| Lewis and Clark Expedition | originally known as the corps of discovery was and expedition to explore the louisiana country |
| Sacagawea | a shoshone woman language skills and knowledge of geography would be of great value to lewis and clark expedition |
| Zebulon Pike | led an expedition that left St. Louis on a southerly route , Pike's mission was to find the sources of the Arkansas and Red rivers Which formed the aboundary between spanish territory and Louisiana. |
| impressment | the kidnapping of american sailers to work on british ships. |
| Embargo Act of 1801 | closed the american ports to british ships and prevented the american ships from sailing to foreign ports |
| Tecmseh | a shawnee cheif who vowed to stop the loss of native american land |
| War Hawks | Westerners who called for war with britain |
| Oliver hazard Perry | an expierenced officer who took charge of an infant fleet at Lake Erie |
| Batte of the Thames | An american victory that put an end to the british threat of the northwest |
| Francis Scott key | created what is now the U.S. national anthem when he saw the american flag still standing at dawn |
| Treaty of Ghent | ended the war of 1812 on December 24, 1814 |
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