Unit 3 Vocab Part 1

Question 1

Blockade

Answer 1

Military tactic in which a Navy prevents vessels from entering or leaving its enemies ports

Question 2

Embargo

Answer 2

An official ban or restriction on trade

Question 3

Impressment

Answer 3

The act of forcing unwilling, able bodied men from another country into a particular country’s military

Question 4

War Hawk

Answer 4

Members of Congress who pushed for war against Great Britain in the years leading up to the War of 1812

Question 5

Armistice

Answer 5

An agreement made my opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time, a truce, a ceasefire

Question 6

Midnight Judge

Answer 6

People appointed by Adams to quickly fill any of the vacant judicial positions who people who supported the Federalist Party

Question 7

Judicial Review

Answer 7

The power of the Supreme Court to decide whether acts of a president or laws passed by Congress are Constitutional

Question 8

Neutrality

Answer 8

Choosing to stay out of the conflict

Question 9

Sectionalism

Answer 9

Sections of America took sides over particular issues such as slavery, industry, and the financial system of the nation in the early to mid 1800’s

Question 10

Cabinet

Answer 10

Group of advisors chosen to head department of government and advise the president

Question 11

Nullification

Answer 11

Individual states can declare acts of the federal government unlawful or unconstitutional if they feel it violates their rights

Question 12

Bank of United States

Answer 12

Established by Alexander Hamilton to regulate and control commerce… Andrew Jackson would eventually kill it

Question 13

Democratic Republicans

Answer 13

Political party who supported Thomas Jefferson

Question 14

Protective Tariff

Answer 14

A tax on foreign imports designed to protect American industry

Question 15

Excise Tax

Answer 15

A tax on any object deemed excessive or unnecessary, such as whiskey (Whiskey Rebellion)

Question 16

William Henry Harrison

Answer 16

9th President of the U.S., hero of several frontier Indian wars and War of 1812, died of pneumonia one moth into his presidency.

Question 17

Tecumseh

Answer 17

Leader of Indian Confederation who went to war with the US. Killed by William Henry Harrison’s army at the Battle of the Thames

Question 18

Andrew Jackson

Answer 18

Hero of the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. 7th President of the U.S., known as the president of the common man due to the spread of mass democracy, known for Indian Removal and killing the Bank of the US

Question 19

Lewis and Clark

Answer 19

Leaders of the Corps of Discovery Expedition into the Louisiana Territory

Question 20

Sacajawea

Answer 20

Female Indian guide to Lewis and Clark with her baby on her back

Question 21

John Marshall

Answer 21

Chief Justice of the Supreme whose decisions shaped the nation for 30 plus year, often expanding the power of the federal government

Question 22

Aaron Burr

Answer 22

Killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, vice president of the United States

Question 23

Edmond Genet

Answer 23

French Nationalist who attempted to put together a private army of American citizens to invade France during the French Revolution

Question 24

Alexander Hamilton

Answer 24

George Washington’s Secretary and artillery commander during American Revolution, shaped America’s financial system, killed in a duel by Aaron Burr

Question 25

Marbury vs. Madison

Answer 25

Supreme Court case that established the act of Judicial Review

Question 26

Louisiana Purchase

Answer 26

America purchases the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon, doubling the size of the nation in 1803

Question 27

Thomas Pinckney

Answer 27

American Statesmen, Diplomat, and Military Officer who served in the American Revolution and became Minister to Great Britain to resolve issues not covered in Treaty of Paris

Question 28

Little Turtle

Answer 28

American Indian leader to Miami people, resisted Americans moving West, is considered a Military mastermind, won several battles against U.S. Troops

Question 29

John Jay

Answer 29

New York attorney that joined the Patriot cause and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris

Question 30

Judiciary Act of 1789

Answer 30

An act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States of America

Question 31

XYZ Affair

Answer 31

Diplomatic controversy stemming from French Officials demanding bribes.

Question 32

Alien and Sedition Acts

Answer 32

1789 Laws that allowed the government to deport non-citizen immigrants and to prosecute those who talked poorly of the governement

Question 33

Treaty of Ghent

Answer 33

an 1814 Agreement that ended the war of 1812