| A | B |
|---|
| radical | people who take extreme political positions |
| Judiciary Act of 1801 | a law that allowed President Adams to appoint Federalist judges before he left office |
| John Marshall | a Federalist appointed by President Adams as Chief Justice of the Supremew Court |
| Marbury v.Madison | a decision that gave the Supreme Court the right of judicial review |
| unconstitutional | against the Constitution |
| judicial review | principle that says that the Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution |
| impressment | kidnapping of sailors to work on ships |
| Embargo Act of1807 | an act passed by Congress to stop all foreign trade with the United States |
| Tecumseh | a Shawnee chief who tried to unite Native American tribes |
| War Hawks | westerners who called for war against Britain |
| Louisiana Purchase | an 1803 land purchase from France that doubled the size of the Unitrd States |
| Meriwether Lewis | an explorer chosen to lead an expedition into the Louisiana Territory |
| William Clark | a skilled mapmaker chosen to explore the Louisiana Territory |
| Lewis and Clark Expedition | a trip to explore the Louisiana Territory |
| Zebulon Pike | a army officer who led an expedition into the southern part of the Louisiana Territory |
| Oliver Perry | naval officer whose fleet defeated the British on Lake Erie |
| Battle of the Thames | fight in which General Harrison defeated the British forces in the Northwest |
| Francis Scott Key | wrote what became the National Anthem |
| Treaty of Ghent | an agreement that ended the War of 1812. |
