| A | B |
|---|
| radical | people who take extreme political positions. |
| John Marshall | The Great Chief Justice - served for over 30 years. |
| Marbury v. Madison | The Supreme Court Case that established the practice of judicial review. |
| unconstitutional | a law or practice that violates or goes against what is written in the Constitution. |
| judicial review | the principle that states that the Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution to determine the constitutionality of a law. |
| Lousiana Purchase | A purchase in 1803 by the Jefferson administration of over 500 million acres - more than doubling the size of the United States. |
| Lewis and Clark expedition | an expedition to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory and beyond to the Pacific Ocean. |
| Sacagawea | A young Shoshone girl who helped guide Lewis and Clark on their expedition. |
| impressment | To seize a person and force him into your service. |
| Embargo Act 1807 | An act passed by the Jefferson administration that closed American ports to foreign trade. |
| Tecumseh | A Shawnee chief that organized the Native Americans into a fight to stop the loss of Native American land to whites. |
| War Hawk | Those people in favor of war with England before The War of 1812. |
| Oliver Hazard Perry | Commodore in the United States Navy that won an important naval victory in the War of 1812. |
| Francis Scott Key | Author of our national anthem The Star Spangled Banner. |
| Treaty of Ghent | The treaty that ended the War of 1812 |
| Reasons for the War of 1812 | Impressment of sailors, interference with American shipping, British support of Native American resistance |
| Results of the War of 1812 | Increased American patriotism, Weakened Native American Resistance, U.S. Manufacturing Grew |
| isolationism | A national policy of not becoming involved with political or economic relations with other countries. |
| free enterprise | an economic system in which business can be copnducted feely based on teh choices of individuals with limited government interference. |
