EL 6 Jeffersonian Era Vocab

Question 1

American statesman , and member of 2 Constitutional Congresses, chairman of the Committee to draft the Declaration of Independence , the Declaration’s main author and one of its Singers and the third president of the US.

Answer 1

Thomas Jefferson

Question 2

US Supreme court case that established the principle of judicial review.

Answer 2

Marbury v. Madison

Question 3

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

Answer 3

John Marshall

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Judicial Review

Question 5

The purchase of French land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky mountains doubled the size of the US

Answer 5

The Louisiana Purchase

Question 6

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.

Answer 6

Meriwether Lewis

Question 7

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

Answer 7

William Clark

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Sacagawea

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Impressment

Question 10

A law that prohibited American merchants from trading with other countries.

Answer 10

Embargo Act( 1807)

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Tecumseh