Chapter 7 Vocab

Question 1

Jefferson’s presidential candidate who received the same number of electoral votes for presidency and became Vice President; Federalist extremist who helped plot the secession of New England and New York, killed Hamilton in a gun duel, arrested for treason

Answer 1

Aaron Burr

Question 2

Represents Jefferson’s view of his election to presidency; He claimed the election was a return to the original spirit of the revolution and his goals were to restore the republican experiment, check growth of government

Answer 2

Revolution of 1800

Question 3

Chief Justice who made himself famous during the Marbury v. Madison case

Answer 3

John Marshall

Question 4

A case that was the result of the disagreement over accepting the Midnight Judges

Answer 4

Marbury v. Madison

Question 5

A purchase of land that doubled the US size for $15 million by Robert Livingston and James Monroe

Answer 5

Louisiana Purchase

Question 6

Adventurers sent by Jefferson to explore the Northern part of Louisiana purchase, along with a Shoshone woman, Sacajawea

Answer 6

Lewis and Clark

Question 7

The “Chesapeake”, a US Frigats, was overhauled by a British ship and fired upon; three Americans were killed 18 injured

Answer 7

Chesapeake Incident

Question 8

Created by Jefferson to prevent exports from the US, hated by many; designed to keep the US neutral in a raging war between Britain and France

Answer 8

Embargo Act (1807)

Question 9

President in 1812

Answer 9

James Madison

Question 10

Led a confederacy of all the tribes east of the Mississippi inspiring Indian unity and cultural renewal

Answer 10

Tecumseh

Question 11

Group of Native Americans who joined together to attack Americans who tried to claim the Northwest Territory, led by Little Turtle

Answer 11

Western Confederacy

Question 12

Governor of Indiana Territory who gathered an army and advanced on Tecumseh; led the Battle of Tippencanoe and became a national hero

Answer 12

William Henry Harrison

Question 13

William Henry Harrison’s troops attacked Tecumseh and the Prophet, attempted to oppress white settlement in the west. Harrison won, made a war hero; battle led to talk of Canadian invasion and served as a cause to the war of 1812

Answer 13

Battle of Tippencanoe

Question 14

Men from the south and west who wanted a war with England

Answer 14

War Hawks

Question 15

A war between the U.S. and Great Britain caused by American outrage over the impressment of American sailors by the British, the British seizure of American ships, and British Aid to Indians attacking the Americans on the western frontier

Answer 15

War of 1812

Question 16

United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during War of 1812

Answer 16

Oliver Hazard Perry

Question 17

A senator from Massachusetts and the most powerful speaker of his time

Answer 17

Daniel Webster

Question 18

A political scientist during 1820s, Kentucky congressman; developed the American system which US adopted after War of 1812

Answer 18

Henry Clay

Question 19

A part of the New Southern Congress of 1811, representative for South Carolina and one of the original Wad Hawks

Answer 19

John C. Calhoun

Question 20

A regional secret convention in 1814, held in Hartford, Connecticut; due to federalist discontent with lessened voting weight of New England due to adding states

Answer 20

Hartford Convention

Question 21

A battle during the War of 1812 where the British Army attempted to take New Orleans

Answer 21

Battle of New Orleans

Question 22

Ended the war of 1812 and restored the Status quo

Answer 22

Treaty of Ghent

Question 23

A bill introduced by John C. Calhoun to provide a federal highway linking the east and the south to the west using the earnings bonus from the second BUS

Answer 23

Bonus Bill (1817)

Question 24

Landmark Supreme Court case in which Maryland tried to impose taxes in the 2nd BUS; states can’t tax federal institutions

Answer 24

McCulloch vs. Maryland

Question 25

Involved New York trying to grant a monopoly on waterborne trade between New York and New Jersey; Marshall ruled that the national government controls interstate trade

Answer 25

Gibbons vs. Ogden

Question 26

Supreme Court case which protected property rights and asserted the right to invalidate state laws in conflicts with the constitution; states can't pass laws that invalidate contracts

Answer 26

Fletcher v. Peck

Question 27

Supreme Court case that placed important restrictions in the ability of state governments to control corporations; contracts by private corporations can't be altered by states

Answer 27

Dartmouth vs. Woodward

Question 28

From Virginia, originally James Madison's Secretary of State but then elected as 5th President of US during the Era of Good Feelings

Answer 28

James Monroe

Question 29

1819; US acquires Florida after Jackson's invasion in 1818 on his own volition to chase law breakers; in exchange for Florida Territory, the U.S gives up Texas land claim

Answer 29

Adams-Onis Treaty

Question 30

Treaty laid basis for a demilitarized boundary between the US and British North America (Great Lakes and Lake Champlain), indicative of improving relations between the US and Britain following the War of 1812, enacted in 1817

Answer 30

Rush-Bagot Treaty

Question 31

1823; statement warning European powers against colonization and intervention in the New World, declared any intervention would be seen as a threat

Answer 31

Monroe Doctrine

Question 32

President of Monroe; economy is growing, US is expanding west, sectionalism is growing with arguments over internal improvements and managers; called this despite the panic, argument over Missouri compromise; increased a Nationalism, single party rule: Republican

Answer 32

Era of Good Feelings