A | B |
radical | people who take extreme political positions |
our third Presdent | Thomas Jefferson |
This act created many "midnight judges" keeping Federalists in power through the judiciary. | Judiciary Act of 1801 |
Adams appointed him Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | John Marshall |
This case established the principle of judicial review | Marbury v. Madison |
Contradicting the constitution | unconstitutional |
This principle states that the Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution. | judicial review |
One of the greatest land deals in history, the purchase doubled the size of the United States. | Louisiana Purchase |
The Corps of Discovery expedition sent out by Jefferson soon became known as the | Lewis and Clark expedition |
She was a Shoshone woman whose language skills and knowledge of geography would be of great value to Lewis and Clark | Sacagawea |
His mission was to find the sources of the Arkansas and Red rivers. | Zebulon Pike |
The act kidnapping American sailors to work on British ships. | impressment |
American ships were no longer allowed to sail to foreign ports. Also, American ports were closed to British ships. | Embargo Act of 1807 |
A Shawnee chief that vowed to stop the loss of Native American land | Tecumseh |
Westerners who called for war with Britain because they wanted British aid to Native Americans to stop. | War Hawks |
The commander of the small American fleet based on Lake Erie. | Oliver Hazard Perry |
This battle put an end to the British threat to the Northwest and also claimed the life of Tecumseh, who died in the battle fighting for the British. | Battle of the Thames |
The author of the US National Anthem | Francis Scott Key |
The treaty that ended the War of 1812. | Treaty of Ghent |
To help ensure that no one branch became too powerful, the US Constitution set up a system of ... | checks and balances |