Question | Answer |
impressments | the practice of forcing people into military service |
democratic | ensuring that all people have the same rights |
laissez faire | an idea that the government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs |
Louisiana Purchase | A vast territory between The Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains that was purchased from France in 1803 |
judicial review | The power of the Supreme Court to decide whether acts of a president's laws passed by Congress are unconstitutional |
Jefferson's style of presidency | quiet, secretive, casual, greeted guests in slippers, shook hands instead of bowing, ended formal state dinners, hosted supper parties instead |
Marbury vs. Madison | An introduced judicial review |
Mississippi River and Western Farmers | The Mississippi River was important to western farmers because they shipped wheat and can on this river |
Pinckney Treaty | Spain allowed Americans to ship their goods along the Mississippi River. |
Napolean | The French leader who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803 |
Louisiana Purchase gave control of: | Port of New Orleans
Mississippi River
Natural Resources |
Lewis and Clark | In May of 1804, they begin an expedition to find a water route to the west and map uncharted territory in the Louisiana Purchase |
Sacajawea | A Native American Shoshone girl who accompanied Lewis & Clark as a guide and translator |
War of Tripoli | U.S. went to war when pirates boarded U.S. ships, took crew to prison and impressed into their military |
Why did France & Britain attack U.S. ships | For impressments because they needed more men in the military |
What foreign policy goal did Washington, Adams and Jefferson have in common? | They sought to avoid war |
Which act was unpopular in the U.S. because it forbade Americans to export or import any goods | The Embargo Act of 1807 |
Nonintercourse Acts 1809 | It allowed Americans to carry on trade with all nations except Britain and France |
War Hawks | The nickname for members of Congress who wanted war with Britain |
Causes of War of 1812 | 1. British attempts to restrict US trade
2. Royal Navy's impressment of US sailors
3. US desire to expand its territory |
Dolly Madison | Saved valuable papers when the British burned Washington DC |
Francis Scott Key | Wrote a poem about the bombing of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812 |
National Anthem | Francis Scott Key's poem |
General Andrew Jackson | Led the Americans in the Battle of New Orleans |
Hartford Convention | Secret meeting of Federalists from CT, RI, MA, NH and VT in Hartford, Connecticut in opposition of President James Madison's policies and war. It ended the Federalists political party. |
Treaty of Ghent | Ended the War of 1812, signed in Ghent Belgium |
Results of War of 1812 | Resulted in a tie
Neither side gained territory
Gave Americans pride in their military
US gained international respect
English influence in the Northwest Territory ended |
Presidents 5-10 | 5. James Monroe
6. John Quincy Adams
7. Andrew Jackson
8. Martin Van Buren
9. William Henry Harrison
10. John Tyler |