Ch 08

Question 1

John Adams

Answer 1

American statesman, he was a delgate to the Continental Congress, a member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence, vice president to George Washington, and the second president of the United States

Question 2

John Marshall

Answer 2

Federalist leader who served in the House of Representatives and as U.S. Secretary of State, he later became the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, establishing in Marbury v Madison the Supreme Court’s power of judicial review

Question 3

judicial review

Answer 3

The Supreme Court’s power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional

Question 4

Marbury v Madison

Answer 4

U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review

Question 5

Louisiana Purchase

Answer 5

The purchase of French land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains that doubled the size of the United States

Question 6

Lewis and Clark expedition

Answer 6

an expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark that began in 1804 to explore the Louisiana Purchase

Question 7

Meriwether Lewis

Answer 7

Former army captain selected by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase, he led the expedition that became known as the Lewis and Clark expedition

Question 8

William Clark

Answer 8

American soldier and friend of Meriwether Lewis, he was invited to explore the Louisiana Purchase and joined what became known as the Lewis and Clark expedition

Question 9

Sacagawea

Answer 9

Shoshone woman who, along with her French fur-trapper husband, accompanied and aided Lewis and Clark on their expedition

Question 10

Zebulon Pike

Answer 10

Army officer sent on a mission to explore the West, he was ordered to find the headwaters of the Red River. He attempted to climb what is now known as Pikes Peak in Colorado

Question 11

USS Constitution

Answer 11

a large warship

Question 12

embargo

Answer 12

the banning of trade with a country

Question 13

Embargo Act

Answer 13

a law that prohibited American merchants from trading with other countries

Question 14

impressment

Answer 14

the practice of forcing people to serve in the army or navy; led to increased tensions between Great Britain and the United States in the early 1800s

Question 15

Non-intercourse Act

Answer 15

A law that replaced the Embargo Act and restored trade with all nations except Britain, France, and their colonies

Question 16

Tecumseh

Answer 16

Shawnee chief who attempted to form an Indian confederation to resist white settlement in the Northwest Territory

Question 17

Battle of Tippecanoe

Answer 17

U.S. victory over an Indian confederation that wanted to stop white settlement in the Northwest Territory; increased tensions between Great Britain and the United States

Question 18

War Hawks

Answer 18

members of Congress who wanted to declare war against Britain after the Battle of Tippecanoe

Question 19

Battle of Lake Erie

Answer 19

U.S. victory in the War of 1812, led by Oliver Hazard Perry; broke Britain’s control of Lake Erie

Question 20

Oliver Hazard Perry

Answer 20

American naval captain who put together the fleet that defeated the British at the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812

Question 21

Andrew Jackson

Answer 21

Nicknamed Old Hickory, he was an American hero in the Battle of New Orleans. As commander of the Tennessee militia, he defeated the Creek Indians, securing 23 million acres of land. His election as the seventh president of the United States marked an era of democracy called Jacksonian Democracy

Question 22

Battle of New Orleans

Answer 22

The greatest U.S. victory in the War of 1812; actually took place two weeks after a peace treaty had been signed ending the war

Question 23

Treaty of Fort Jackson

Answer 23

A treaty signed after the U.S. victory at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend; the Creek were forced to give up 23 million acres of their land

Question 24

Hartford Convention

Answer 24

a meeting of Federalists at Hartford, Connecticut to protest the War of 1812

Question 25

Treaty of Ghent

Answer 25

A treaty signed by the United States and Britain ending the War of 1812