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ch10 vocab js
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| radical | people who take extreme political positions |
| judiciary act of 1801 | a law that increased the # of judicial judges, allowing president john adams to fill most of the spots with federalists |
| john marshall | was a 45 year old chief justice of the supreme court |
| marbury v. madison | A U.S. Supreme Court case in which Chief Justice John Marshall used a dispute over judicial appointments to declare a judiciary act unconstitutional, establishing the power of the Supreme Court to decide the constitutionality of statutes. |
| unconstitutional | it contradicted the law of the constutition |
| judicial review | that the supreme court has the final say interpeting the constutition |
| impressment | kidnapping |
| embargo act of 1807 | american ships were no longer allowed to sail to foreign parts |
| tecumseh | a shawnee cheif |
| war hawks | they wanted british aid to the native americans to stop |
| Louisiana purchase | This was land for farmers it also doubled the size of the united states |
| Meriwether Lewis | Lead the expedition |
| William Clark | To select and oversee a volunteer force |
| Lewis and Clark expedition | A group led by Lewis and clark |
| Sacajawea | Helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition |
| Zebulon pike | Pike's mission was to find the sources of the Arkansas and the red river |
| Oliver hazard perry | An experienced officer took charge of this infant fleet |
| Battle of the thames | This victory put an end to british threat to the northwest and also claimed the life of Tecumseh |
| Francis Scott key | He made the national anthem |
| Treaty of Ghent | Which ended the war of 1812 |