Vocabulary Flashcards
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John Adams
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.
Thomas Jefferson
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.
John Marshall
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.
Marbury v Maddison
U.S Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review.
Judicial review
The Supreme Courts power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.
Louisiana purchase
The purchase of fFrench land between the Mississippi river and the Rocky Mountains that doubled the size of the United States.
Meirwether Lewis
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.
William Clark
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.
Lewis and Clark expedition
The expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and Willian Clarkthat began in 1804 to explore the Louisiana Purchase.
Sacagawea
Shoshone women who, along with her French fur-trapper husband accompanied and aided Lewis and Clark on their expedition.
Zebulon pike
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.
USS Constitution
A large warship.
Impressment
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.
Embargo
The banning of trade with a country.
Embargo act
A law that prohibited American merchants from trading with other countries.
Non-intercourse act
A law that replaced the Embargo Act and restored trade with all nations except Britain, France, and their colonies.
Tecumseh
Shawnee chief who attempted to form an Indian confederation to resist white settlement in the Northwest Territory.
Battle of Tippecanoe
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.
Warhawks
Members of Congress that wanted to declare war after the Battle of Tippecanoe.
James Madison
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.
Oliver Hazzard Perry
American naval captain that put together the fleet that defeated the British at the battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812.
Battle of Lake Erie
U.S victory in the War of 1812, led by Oliver Hazard Perry; broke Britains control of Lake Erie.
Andrew Jackson
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.
Treaty of Fort Jackson
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.
