| A | B |
|---|
| Monroe Doctrine | warned European nations not to interfere |
| James Monroe | wrote the Monroe Doctrine |
| War of l812 | caused European nations to gain respect for the United States |
| James Madison | was president during the War of 1812 |
| Louisiana Purchase | when Thomas Jefferson bought Louisiana from France |
| Lewis and Clark | explored this new land west of the Mississippi River while Jefferson was president |
| John Adams | a two-party system emerged during his administration |
| Benjamin Banneker | an African American astronomer and surveyor, helped complete the design for Washington D.C. |
| Federal court system | established while Washington was President |
| Alexander Hamilton | leader of the Federalists |
| Thomas Jefferson | leader of the Democratic Republicans |
| checks and balances | keep any one branch from gaining too much power |
| executive branch | carries out the laws |
| President | part of the executive branch |
| judicial branch | determines if laws made by Congress are constitutional |
| Supreme Court | part of the judicial branch |
| legislative branch | makes the laws |
| Congress | part of the legislative branch |
| Senate | part of Congress in which all states are represented equally |
| House of Representatives | part of Congress in which the number of a state’s representatives is based on state’s population |
| Separation of powers | based on James Madison's Virginia Plan which called for 3 branches of government |
| Federal | A system that divides governmental powers |
| Bill of Rights | the first ten amendments to the Constitution, written by James Madison, provide a written guarantee of individual rights |
| Articles of Confederation | a constitution written during the American Revolution to establish the powers of the new national government |
