Westward Expansion
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| Laissez-Faire | Political idea that government should play a small role as possible in peoples lives
Americans solving their own problems (unless a disaster)
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| Judicial Review | Power of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws made by congress are constitutional
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| Marbury vs. Madison(1803) | Supreme Court case that defined the power of Judicial Review
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| Louisiana Purchase(1803) | Purchase of Louisiana territory from France in 1803 for 15 million dollars
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| Expedition | Long journey or voyage of exploration
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| Impressment | Act of kidnapping and forcing someone to serve in the Navy
Only kidnapping sailors
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| Embargo | Ban on trade with another country
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| Embargo Act (1807) | Law that forbid Americans to import or export any goods
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| Nonintercourse Act(1809) | Law that allowed Americans to trade with all nations EXCEPT England and France
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| Nationalism | Pride in one's country
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| Warhawks | Congressman from the south and west who wanted to go to war with England in 1812
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| The War of 1812 | The second war of independence
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| Treaty of Ghent(1814) | Treaty between England and U.S. that ended that war of 1812
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| Adam's Onis Treaty(1812) | Treaty in which Spain gave Florida to the U.S. for $5million
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| Monroe Doctrine | Statement issued in 1823 in which President Monroe warned European nations not to interfere with the newly free Latin American Nations
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| Suffrage | the right to vote
Jacksonian Democracy
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| Mudslinging | Political tactic of using insults to attack an opponent's reputation
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| Spoil System | The practice of rewarding one's political supporters with government jobs
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| Kitchen Cabinet | Nickname given to President Jackson's unofficial advisors
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| Indian Removal Act | (1830) law that forced Native American tribes to move west of the Mississippi river
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| Trail of Tears | (1838) Event when 15000 Cherokees were forced by the army to march hundreds of miles west of the Mississippi River, causing 1/4 of the tribe to die along the way.
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