| A | B |
|---|
| tribute | protection money |
| neutral rights | Right to sail the seas and not taking sides |
| impressment | Practice of forcing people to serve in the navy |
| reacted | responded |
| embargo | prohibits trade with another country |
| Embargo Act 1807 | Banned imports from & exports to all foreign countries |
| Nonintercourse Act | Prohibited trade only with Britain and France and their colonies |
| restrictions | limits |
| Tecumseh | A powerful Shawnee chief built a confederacy among Native American nations |
| Battle of Tippecanoe | A victory for the Americans against the Natives |
| War Hawks | Wanted war with Britain Clay & Calhoun |
| nationalism | loyalty to their country |
| Conestoga Wagons | Sturdy vehicles topped with white canvas used by westward-bound pioneers. |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | France's leader who had plans to create empires in Europe and the Americas |
| authority | power |
| purchase | buy |
| Meriwether Lewis | Led expedition of the Louisiana territory |
| William Clark | Coleader of the the exploration of the Louisiana territory |
| Sacagawea | Shoshone woman joined Lewis & Clark as a guide |
| Zebulon Pike | led two expeditions between 1805 & 1807 found a peak in Colorado |
| secede | withdrawl from the Union |
| laissez-faire | French phrase means "let people do as they choose" |
| similar | alike |
| customs duties | taxes on imported goods |
| judicial review | The judicial branch must uphold the Constitution and nullify unconstitutional laws |
| conflict | disagreement |
| Gibbons v. Maryland (1824) | Court held that federal law takes precedence over state law in interstate transportation |
| McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) | Court held that Congress allowed to do more than the Constitution expressly authorizes it to do |
| Marbury v. Madison | Established the judiciary's right to review a law |
| Judiciary Act of 1801 | Set up regional courts for the U.S. with 16 judges and other officials |
| Albert Gallatin | Secretary of the treasury under Jefferson |
| Aaron Burr | Jefferson's running mate for V.P. |
| underestimated | misjudged |
| "Mr. Madison's War" | War of 1812 with Britain |
| frigates | warships |
| privateers | Armed private ships captured numerous British vessels |
| Andrew Jackson | March 1814 attacked the Creeks and slaughtered more than 550 Creek people |
| Battle of Horseshoe Bend | Defeat that forced Creeks to give up most of their lands |
| Francis Scott Key | Wrote a poem known as "The Star-Spangled Banner" became national anthem in 1931 |
| goal | objective |
| Treaty of Ghent | Peace agreement in 1814 did not change anything |
| Battle of New Orleans | Americans achieved a decisive victory Jackson became a hero even though the war was officially already over |
