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Chapter 10 Vocab.
Question | Answer |
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A person who takes extreme political positions | Radical |
A law that increased the number of federal judges, allowing President John Adams to fill most of the new spots with federalist. | Judiciary Act of 1801 |
an 1803 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to abolish laws by declaring them unconstitutional | Marbury Vs. Madison |
something that contradicts the law of the constitution | Unconstitutional |
the principal that the Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution | Judicial Review |
the 1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France | Louisiana Purchase |
a group led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark who explored the lands of the Louisiana Purchase by beginning in 1803 | Lewis and Clark Expedition |
A Shoshone woman who's language skills and knowledge of geography would be a great value for Lewis and Clark | Sacagawea |
The act of seizing by force | Impressment |
an act that stated that American ships were no longer allowed to sail to foreign ports and it also closed American ports to British ships | Embargo Act of 1807 |
a Shawnee cheif vowed to stop the loss of Native American land | Tecumseh |
a westerner supported the war of 1812 | War Hawk |
an expirienced officer took charge of this infant fleet | Oliver Hazard Perry |
an American victory over the British in the war of 1812, which ended the Mexican Army all but 5 texans lived | Battle of Thames |
Was detained on a British ship, a washington lawyer watched the all night battle | Francis Scott Key |
A treaty signed in 1814, which ended the war of 1812, no territory exchanged hands and trade disputes were not resolved | Treaty of Ghent |
a young officer who led the Lewis and Clark expedition | Meriwether Lewis |
Lewis turned to him to select and oversee a volunteer force which they called the Corps of Discovery | William Clark |
led an expedition in 1806, left St. Lewis on a southernly route | Zebulon Pike |
a 45 year old federalist | John Marshall |