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Chapter 10 vocab JB
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| People who take extreme political positions | radicals |
| Act under which President Adams appointed as many Federalists judges as he could before Thomas Jefferson took office | Judiciary Act of 1801 |
| A federalist appointed by President John Adams as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | John Marshall |
| Supreme Court case in which John Marshall declared that a law passed by Congress was unconstitutional, thereby establishing the principle of judicial review | Madbury v. Madison |
| A contradiction of the law of the Constitution | unconstitutional |
| Principle that says that the Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution | judicial review |
| An 1803 land purchase France, which gave the United States the port of New Orleans and doubled the size of the country | Louisiana Purchase |
| Explorer chosen to lead an expedition into the Louisiana Territory | Meriwether Lewis |
| A skilled mapmaker and outdoorsman chosen to explore the Louisiana Territory | William Clark |
| A trip the explore the Louisiana Territory | Lewis and Clark expedition |
| A Shoshone woman whose language skills and knowledge of geography helped Lewis and Clark | Sacagawea |
| An army officer who led an expedition into the southern part of the Louisiana Territory | Zebulon Pike |
| Kidnapping of sailors to work on ships | impressment |
| An act passed by Congress to stop all foreign trade with the United States | Embargo Act of 1807 |
| A Shawnee chief who tried to unite Native American tribes | Tecumseh |
| Westerner who called for war against Britain | War Hawks |
| Naval officer whose fleet defeated the British force on Lake Erie | Oliver Hazard Perry |
| Fight in which General Harrison defeated British forces in the Northwest | Battle of the Thames |
| A Washington lawyer who watched the all-night battle at Fort McHenry and showed his pride by writing what became the national anthem. | Francis Scott Key |
| Treaty that ended the War of 1812 | Treaty of Ghent |