| A | B |
|---|
| laissez faire | let alone |
| continental divide | mountain ridge that separates river systems |
| impressment | forcing American sailors to serve on British ships |
| Thomas Jefferson | First Republican President |
| nationalism | devotion to one's country |
| John Marshall | First cheif Justice of the Supreme Court |
| Toussant L'ouverture | leader of the slave revolt in Haiti |
| Meriweather Lewis | explorer and Jefferson's private secretary |
| William Clark | explorer |
| Sacajawea | Indian guide and interpreter |
| War Hawks | powerful congressmen who wanted to go to war with Britain |
| Henry Clay | one of the war hawks |
| Tecumseh | Indian Leader who tried to bring a confederation of all Indian nations together |
| Dolley Madison | President James Madison's first lady |
| Embargo Act | a ban on trade with any other country |
| Treaty of Ghent | Ended the war of 1812 |
| Andrew Jackson | War Hero and later President |
