A | B |
Andrew Jackson | Defeated the Creek Indians and secured 23 million acres. |
Consequences | The effects of a particular event or events. |
Embargo | Banning trade with a country. |
Embargo Act | Law prohibiting American merchants from trading with other countries. |
Functions | Uses or purposes. |
Impressment | Practice of forcing people to serve in the army or navy. |
Judicial Review | The Supreme Courts power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional. |
Lewis and Clark Expedition | Journey to explore newly purchased land. |
Louisiana Purchase | Land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. |
Marbury v. Madison | US Supreme Court case that established the principle of Judicial Review. |
Meriwether Lewis | Selected to explore the Louisiana purchase. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | Powerful ruler of France who conquered most of Europe. |
Oliver Hazard Perry | American naval captain who put together the fleet that defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie. |
Sacagawea | Guide who accompanied and aided Lewis and Clark on their expedition. |
Tecumseh | Shawnee chief who attempted to form an Indian Confederation. |
Treaty of Ghent | Ended the War of 1812. |
War Hawks | Members of Congress who wanted war. |
William Clark | Co-leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition. |
Zebulon Pike | Army officer ordered explore the west and to find the start of the Red River. |