Launching the New Nation - Chapter 6 Flashcards
To describe major domestic and foreign problems faced by the leaders of the new Republic such as maintaining national security and creating a stable economic system government.
Court case that established the power of judicial review
Marbury v. Madison
General who led American forces in Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
Leader of an expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark
Land bought from France in 1803
Louisiana Purchase
Native American leader
William Henry Harrison Tecumseh
Native American woman who served as a guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expedition
Sacajawea
American anger over bribes demanded by French diplomats
XYZ Affair
Negotiated treaty with Spain over Spanish lands east of the Mississippi River
Thomas Pinckney
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
John Marshall
Laws that made it harder to become a citizen and created harsh punishments for people who criticize the government
Alien and Sedition Acts
Treaty that ended the War of 1812
Treaty of Ghent
Native American leader who led Native American confederacy against Americans in the Battle of Fallen Timbers
Little Turtle
French diplomat who tried to get American support against the British
Edmond Genet
A ban on exporting goods to other countries
Embargo
Jefferson’s political party and ancestors of today’s Democratic Party
Democratic-Republicans
Sealing ports to prevent other ships from entering or leaving
Blockade
The power of judges to declare a law unconstitutional
Judicial Review
Law that increased the number of federal judges by sixteen
Judiciary Act of 1801
Political system where two political parties compete for power
Two-party system
Tax on imported goods to protect domestic business
Protective tariff
Practice of placing the interests of one region over those of the nation as a whole
Sectionalism
Democratic-Republican and running mate of Thomas Jefferson in the 1800 election
Aaron Burr
One who favors war
War hawk
A national bank funded by the the federal government and wealthy investors
Bank of the United States
The idea that states had the right to nullify or void any law they deemed unconstitutional
Nullification
An early Federalist leader
Alexander Hamilton
Negotiated a treaty with Britain over territory
John Jay
End to fighting The War
Armistice
Tecumseh
Shawnee chief who formed Native American confederation to fight Americans
Chief advisers of the president
Cabinet
Act of seizing sailors to work on ships
Impressment
To support neither side
Neutrality
Judge appointed to the Supreme Court by President Adams late on the last day of his administration
Midnight judge
Tax on goods produced within the country
Excise tax
Law that set up the national court system
Judiciary Act of 1789
