Unit 4 (CH 7/8)

Question 1

critical Supreme Court decision that established the principle of judicial review, stating that the Supreme Court has the right to review all federal laws and decisions and declare whether or not they are constitutional.

Answer 1

Marbury v. Madison

Question 2

massive land purchase from Emperor Napoleon of France that virtually doubled the size of the United States.

Answer 2

Louisiana Purchase

Question 3

expedition that discovered much about
the western part of the North American continent and the economic possibilities there.

Answer 3

Lewis & Clark Expedition

Question 4

plan proposed by Senator Henry Clay and others to make America economically independent by increasing industrial production in the United States and by the creation of a Second National Bank.

Answer 4

American System

Question 5

political solution devised to keep the number of slave states and free states equal; Missouri entered the Union as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state. Potential states in the northern part of the Louisiana territory would also come in as free states in the future.

Answer 5

Missouri Compromise

Question 6

After the Congress passed the Judiciary Act, which created a large number of new federal
courts, Adams appointed Federalists to all of these positions.

Answer 6

Midnight appointments/judges

Question 7

the power of the Supreme Court to judge the constitutionality of federal laws and decisions

Answer 7

judicial review

Question 8

A group of Federalists who existed in
Boston and loudly campaigned against the “decline in public virtue” they saw
personified in Jefferson

Answer 8

Essex Junto

Question 9

the forcing of deserted British sailors but
also American citizens into the British navy

Answer 9

impressment

Question 10

American ships could not enter the seas until England and France stopped their harassment of American shipping

Answer 10

Embargo Act 1807

Question 11

opened trade with all countries except England and France

Answer 11

Non-Intercourse Act

Question 12

ended the War of 1812, actually said nothing about impressment or neutral trading rights,
but simply restored diplomatic relations between Britain and the United States

Answer 12

Treaty of Ghent

Question 13

a group of Federalists who continued to see the War of 1812 as disastrous to their
interests and viewed with extreme suspicion the growing influence of politicians and military leaders from the West. Proposals regarding nullification, and even one concerning secession, were debated

Answer 13

Hartford Convention