Unit 4 Vocab

Question 1

act passed by Congress in 1807 prohibiting American ships from leaving for any foreign port

Answer 1

embargo act of 1807

Question 2

members of Congress predominantly from the south and west, who aggressively push for a war against Britain after their election in 1810

Answer 2

War hawks

Question 3

decisive American war of 1812 victory over British troops in January 1815 that ended any British hopes of gaining control of the lower Mississippi river valley

Answer 3

Battle of New Orleans

Question 4

war phot between the United States and Britain from June 1812 to January 1815 largely over British restrictions on American shipping

Answer 4

war of 1812

Question 5

treaty signed in December 1814 between the United States and Britain the ended the War of 1812

Answer 5

treaty of Ghent

Question 6

declaration by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western Hemisphere was to be closed off to further European colonization and that the United States would not interfere in the internal affairs of European nations

Answer 6

Monroe doctrine

Question 7

Supreme Court decision of 1803 that created the precedent of judicial review by ruling an unconstitutional part of the Judiciary act of 1789

Answer 7

Marbury versus Madison