Ch. 8 1801-1824 Flashcards
(27 cards)
Who was President during this time?
Thomas Jefferson in the beginning
Who kills Alexander Hamilton?
The Vice President Burr killed him in a duel
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Jefferson
Who does Jefferson have children with?
Sally Hemings
What is judicial view?
Decides decisions on whether a law is constitutional or not
What case establishes judicial review?
1803
Marbury vs Madison
(Marbury suing Madison)
Who is John Marshall?
Chief Justice of court and cousin of Jefferson but they don’t like eachother
Louisiana purchase of 1803
Purchased from the French for 15 million
Why does marbury sue Madison
Madison sees the federalist judicial nominations that Adams writes and conveniently “loses them”
Marbury was one of the nominations
Louis and Clark expedition 1804-1806
Louis In charge
Traveling with pregnant teenage Indian
Successfully cross Rockies to pacific
What does the Chesapeake leopard affair cause Jefferson to pass
Embargo act of 1807
Leopard is British ship that impresses American ship Chesapeake
Embargo act of 1807
No foreign trade with anyone
Economy is tanked
Who comes after Jefferson
James Madison
What does Madison make to try to solve embargo act
Non intercourse acts
No trade with Britain or France
Still doesn’t Solve it
Main causes of war of 1812
Impressment
Embargo act
Non intercourse acts
1811 battle of Tippee canoe
Tecumseh is Indian leader
They get slaughter by William Henry Harrison (American leader)
War of 1812
1812-1814
Americans vs British/natives
What do British do in 1814
Send navy to burn Washington DC
Treaty of Ghent
December 1814
Everything goes back to the way it was before war
We now trade with Britain
Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
Hartford convention 1814
Federalists want to secede from the US so they can still trade with Britain
Who is Madison’s successor
His Secretary of State (James Monroe) elected to 2 terms
Mccullouch vs Maryland
The bank is constitutional
Who do we purchase Florida from
Spain in 1819
