US History
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| radical | people who take extreme political positions
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| Judiciary Act of 1801 | a law that increased the number of federal judges, allowing President John Adams to fill most of the new spots with Federalits
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| John Marshal | an appointed new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and upheld federal authority and strengthened federal courts and also judged Marbury v. Madison
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| Marbury v. Madison | an 1803 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to abolish laws by declaring them unconstitutional
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| unconstitutional | something that contradicts the law of the constitution
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| judicial review | the Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution
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| Louisiana Purchase | 1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France, doubled the size of the US
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| Meriwether Lewis | led the expedition into the Louisiana country to St. Louis
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| William Clark | a skilled mapmaker and outdoors man and proved to be a natural leader in the Lewis and Clark expedition
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| Lewis and Clark expedition | a group led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark who explored the lands of the Louisiana Purchase beginning in 1803
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| Sacaqawea | Shoshone women whose language skills and knowledge of geography would be of great value to Lewis and Clark
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| Zebulon Pike | find the sources of the Arkansas and Red rivers
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| impressment | kidnapping of American sailors to work on British ships
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| Embargo Act of 1807 | American ships were no longer allowed to sail to foreign ports
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| Tecumseh | a Shawnee chief, vowed to stop the loss of Native American land
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| War Hawk | another name for westerners who called for war
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| Oliver Hazard Perry | defeated the British fleet at Lake Erie
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| Battle of the Thames | this victory put an end to the British threat to the Northwest
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| Francis Scott Key | a Washington lawyer who helped adopt the national anthem
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| Treaty of Ghent | ended the War of 1812
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