Vocabulary

Question 1

John Adams

Answer 1

Adams, John (1735-1826) American statesman, he was a delegate to the Continental Congress, a member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence, vice president to George Washington, and the second president of the United States.

Question 2

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 2

American statesman, and member of two Continental Congresses, chairman to the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence, the Declarations main author and one of its signers, and the third president of the United States.

Question 3

John Marshall

Answer 3

Federalist leader who served in the House of Representatives and as the U.S Secretary of State, he later became the Chief Justice of the U.S Supreme Court, establishing in the Marbury v Maddison the Supreme Courts power of judicial review.

Question 4

Marbury v Maddison

Answer 4

U.S Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review.

Question 5

Judicial review

Answer 5

The Supreme Courts power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.

Question 6

Louisiana purchase

Answer 6

The purchase of fFrench land between the Mississippi river and the Rocky Mountains that doubled the size of the United States.

Question 7

Meirwether Lewis

Answer 7

Former army captain selected by President Jefferson t explore the Louisiana Purchase, he led the expedition that became known as the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Question 8

William Clark

Answer 8

American soldier and friend of Meriwether, he was invited to explore the Louisiana Purchase and joined the what became known as the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Question 9

Lewis and Clark expedition

Answer 9

The expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and Willian Clarkthat began in 1804 to explore the Louisiana Purchase.

Question 10

Sacagawea

Answer 10

Shoshone women who, along with her French fur-trapper husband accompanied and aided Lewis and Clark on their expedition.

Question 11

Zebulon pike

Answer 11

Army officer sent on a mission to explore the Wes, he was ordered to find the headwaters of the Red River. He attempted to climb what is now known as Pikes Peek in Colorado.

Question 12

USS Constitution

Answer 12

A large warship.

Question 13

Impressment

Answer 13

The practice of forcing people to serve in the army or navy; led to increase tensions between Great Britain and the United States in the early 1800.

Question 14

Embargo

Answer 14

The banning of trade with a country.

Question 15

Embargo act

Answer 15

A law that prohibited American merchants from trading with other countries.

Question 16

Non-intercourse act

Answer 16

A law that replaced the Embargo Act and restored trade with all nations except Britain, France, and their colonies.

Question 17

Tecumseh

Answer 17

Shawnee chief who attempted to form an Indian confederation to resist white settlement in the Northwest Territory.

Question 18

Battle of Tippecanoe

Answer 18

U.S victory over an Indian confederation that wanted to stop white settlement in the Northwest Territory;increased tension between Great Britain and the United States.

Question 19

Warhawks

Answer 19

Members of Congress that wanted to declare war after the Battle of Tippecanoe.

Question 20

James Madison

Answer 20

American statesman, he was a delegate to he constitutional convention, the fourth president of the United States, the author of some of the Federalist Papers, ad is called the father of the Constitution for his proposals at the Constitutional Convention. He led the United States through the War of 1812.

Question 21

Oliver Hazzard Perry

Answer 21

American naval captain that put together the fleet that defeated the British at the battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812.

Question 22

Battle of Lake Erie

Answer 22

U.S victory in the War of 1812, led by Oliver Hazard Perry; broke Britains control of Lake Erie.

Question 23

Andrew Jackson

Answer 23

Nicknamed Old Hickory he was an American Hero in the Battle of New Orleans. As the commander of the Tennessee militia, he defeated the Creek Indians, securing 23 million acres of land. His election as the seventh president of the United States armed an era of democracy called Jacksonian Democracy.

Question 24

Treaty of Fort Jackson

Answer 24

A treaty signed after the U.S victory at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend; the Creek were forced to give up 23 million acres of their land.

Question 25

Battle of New Orleans

Answer 25

The greatest U.S victory in 1812 actually took place two weeks after a peace treaty had been signed ending the war.

Question 26

Hartford convention

Answer 26

A meeting of federalists at Hartford, Connecticut, to protest the War of 1812

Question 27

Treaty of Ghent

Answer 27

The treaty signed by the United States and Britain ending the War of 1812.