A | B |
Lewis and Clark | explored the Louisiana Territory for Thomas Jefferson |
Federalists | led by Adams and Hamilton |
Democratic-Republicans | led by Thomas Jefferson |
George Washington | First President who was unanimously chosen by the Convention delegates |
Election of 1800 | resulted in a tie between Jefferson and Burr |
Monroe Doctrine | landmark foreign policy prohibiting further colonization in the Western Hemisphere |
John Marshall | Chief Justice in the Marbury and McCulloch cases |
James Madison | Secretary of State under Jefferson in the Marbury case |
Judicial Review | the right of the Court to declare a law passed by Congress unconstitutional |
Marbury v. Madison | set the precedent for Judicial Review |
McCulloch v. Maryland | prohibited the states from taxing any federal agency |
Oregon Territory | Britain gave this up at the end of the War of 1812 |
Manifest Destiny | belief that America should stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean |
Leader of the Texan forces in war with Mexico | Sam Houston |
forced March of Cherokee Indians | Trail of Tears |
was a part of Mexico and then became its own country | Texas |
president's power to say no to a bill passed by Congress | veto |
famous battle in the war between Texas and Mexico | Alamo |
leader of the Mexican forces in war with Texas | Santa Anna |
land gained in the Mexican-American War | Mexican Cession |