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Ch. 10 Vocab SC
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| People who take extreme political positions. | radicals |
| Adams had appointed as many Federal judges as he could between the election of 1800 and Jefferson's inauguration in 1801. | Judiciary Act of 1801 |
| The new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court that Adams appointed before he left office. He was to check the power of the Democratic-Republicans. | John Marshall |
| When something is contradicting the Constitution. | unconstitutional |
| Principle that states that the Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution. | judicial review |
| When Napolean offered and sold the Lousiana territory to the US for $15 million. | Louisiana Purchase |
| The man that lead the expedition to explore the Louisiana territory. | Meriwether Louis |
| Lewis chose this man to oversee a volunteer force, which they called the Corps of Discovery. | William Clark |
| aka the Corps of Discovery. | Lewis and Clark expedition |
| Shoshone woman that greatly helped the Lewis and Clark expedition. | Sacagawea |
| Man who led an expedition in 1806 to find the sources of the Arkansas and Red rivers. | Zebulon Pike |
| kidnapping. | impressment |
| Act that said that American ships were no longer allowed to sail to foreign parts. This act also closed American ports to British ships. | Embargo Act of 1807 |
| A Shawnee chief that vowed to stop the loss of Native American Land. He wanted all the tribes to unite to become stronger. | Tecumseh |
| Westerners who called for war. They wanted British aid to Native Americans stopped and the British out of Canada. | War Hawk |
| An experienced officer that took charge of the Lawrence and won the most important US naval victory at Lake Erie. | Oliver Hazard Perry |
| General Harrison pursued and beat the British at this battle in October. This victory put an end to the British threat to the Northwest. | Battle of the Thames |
| The author of the US national anthem, which was inspired by seeing the US flag still flying at Fort McHenry. | Francis Scott Key |
| This treaty ended the War of 1802. | Treaty of Ghent |