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| Doctrine of Nullification | A right of a state to reject a federal law that it considers unconstitutional. |
| Dred Scott | Slave that sued his owner for his freedom. The Supreme Court ruled that he was not a citizen and could not sue anyone. |
| Lewis & Clark | The men that Jefferson chose to explore the Louisiana Purchase |
| Lousiana Purchase | the territory, or land, bought from France by the United States for only 15 million dollars |
| Missouri Compromise | the 1820 agreement by Congress that Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state - slavery would not be allowed N of a set line |
| Monroe Doctrine | Policy, put forth by James Monroe, that stated that Europeans should not establish colonies in the Americas |
| Neutrality Proclamation | United States would be "neutral" and would not support Great Britain OR France if there was a war |
| Popular Sovereignty | A system that allowed people in a territory to make their own decisions. |
| War of 1812 | conflict between the U.S. and England because of trade with France and impressment of sailors |
| Whiskey Rebellion | farmers rebelling against tax on whiskey |
