Unit 4: ??? Flashcards
Three principals of Judicial Review
- The judicial branch can declare laws unconstitutional
- The constitution is the supreme law of the land
- The constitution must be followed when there is conflict with another law.
Marbury v. Madison: Know the important outcomes
Established Judicial Review
How was the election of 1800 decided?
Speaker of the House, Hamilton
Louisiana Purchase
Purchased from France for $15 Million in 1803
What does the Louisiana Purchase cover?
Mississippi to the Rockies, excluding Texas
Embargo Act
Banned foreign trade (failed)
Barbary Pirates
First military venture outside of the U.S.
War Hawks
Andrew Jackson (TN), Henry Clay (KY)
Impressment
The British and the French kept kidnapping people on American ships
Provoking Native Americans
The British kept “supplying” weapons to the Native Americans
William Henry Harrison
He fought Tecumseh at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Andrew Jackson
Battle of Horseshoe Bend (Creek NA) and Battle of New Orleans (British); one of the War Hawks; American general
Tecumseh
Helped unite Native Americans for the Battle of TIppacanoe
Francis Scott Key
Wrote the star spangled banner at Fort McHenry (Baltimore)
Nationalism
People like America (this is a stupid concept)