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Chapter 10 Vocab Bk
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 Federalists | Judiciary Act of 1801 |
45-year—old Federalist | John Marshall |
something that contradicts the law of the Constitution | unconstitutional |
the principle 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 |
Jefferson chose a young officer lead the expedition | Meriwether Lewis |
Lewis turned to his old friend to select and oversee a volunteer force. | William Clark |
a group led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark who explored the lands of the Louisiana Purchase beginning in 1803. | Lewis and Clark expedition |
A French trapper, his 17–year–old–wife | Sacagawea |
In 1806, an expedition left St. Louis on a southerly route and was led by. | Zebulon Pike |
the process of accusing a public official of wrongdoing. | impeachment |
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 chief, vowed to stop the loss of Native American land. | Tecumseh |
a westerner who supported the War of 1812. | War Hawk |
an experienced officer, took charge of this infant fleet. | Oliver Hazard Perry |
an American victory over the British in the War of 1812, which ended the British threat to the Northwest Territory. | Battle of the Thames |
a Washington lawyer, He expressed his pride in what became the U.S. national anthem. | Francis Scott Key |
treaty, signed in 1814, which ended the War of 1812. | Treaty of Ghent |