Jefferson era vocab

Question 1

Marbury V. Madison

Answer 1

Unconstitutional:

The supreme court’s power to declare acts of congress unconstitutional

Question 2

Judicial review

Answer 2

power to check other branches of government:

the case that helped establish the Supreme court’s power to check the power of other branches of government

Question 3

Louisiana purchase

Answer 3

doubled U.S. size:

doubled the size of the united states from the Missisipi river to the Rocky Mountains

Question 4

Louis and Clark expedition

Answer 4

journey to map the new land:

doubled the size of the U.S. from the Missisipi river to the Rocky Mountains

Question 5

Impressment

Answer 5

forced people to serve and made tensions rise:

the practice of forcing people to serve in the army or navy, that to incread tensions between GB and U.S. in the 1800s’

Question 6

Embargo

Answer 6

Americans no trade outside of U.S.:

The law that prohibited American merchants from trading w/ a country

Question 7

Embargo act

Answer 7

the banning of trade w/ a country

Question 8

Non-intercourse act

Answer 8

We selfish. Continue trade w/ everyone cept GB, France and their children:
A law that replaced the embargo act & restored trade w/ all nations except GB, France and their colonies

Question 9

Battle of Tippecanoe

Answer 9

victory over Indian confederation:

A U.S. victory over an Indian confederation that wanted to stop white settlement in the NW territory

Question 10

Treaty of Ghent

Answer 10

ending the war:

Signed by the U.S. and GB ending the war in 1812

Question 11

War hawks

Answer 11

wanted to declare war against Britain:

memebers of congress who wanted to declare war against Britain after the Battle of Tippecanoe

Question 12

Battle of New Orleans

Answer 12

2 weeks after a peace treaty hab been signed:

took place 2 weeks after the peace treaty had been signed ending the war of 1812

Question 13

Nationalism

Answer 13

A sense of pride and devotion to one’s nation