Chapter 3 terms and names pt 1

Question 1

Jeffersonian Republican

Answer 1

Jefferson’s theory of government with a weak central government, small army, no national bank. Simple gov’t best suited the people.

Question 2

Marbury vs Madison

Answer 2

1803 case in which the supreme court ruled that it had the power to abolish legislative acts by declaring them unconstitutional.

Question 3

John Marshall

Answer 3

Federalist chief justice of the supreme court

Question 4

Judicial review

Answer 4

The ability of the supreme court to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional.

Question 5

Louisiana Purchase

Answer 5

1803 purchase of France’s Louisiana territory extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains for $15 million.

Question 6

Impressment

Answer 6

The British practice of seizing Americans at sea and “impressing’ or drafting them into the British Navy.

Question 7

War Hawks

Answer 7

A group of young congressmen from the south and west who favored war with Britain in the 1800s

Question 8

Tecumseh

Answer 8

A Shawnee chief, helped defend the Indiana Territory against white settlers

Question 9

James Monroe

Answer 9

Was president in 1816 and established foreign policy based on nationalism

Question 10

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 10

A policy of US opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere