| A | B |
|---|
| Democratic | ensuring that all people have the same rights |
| laissez-faire | Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs |
| judicial review | power of the Supreme court to decide whether laws passed by Congress are constitutional |
| continental divide | mountain ridge that separates river systems |
| impressment | act of seizing men from a ship or village and forcing them to serve in the navy |
| embargo | ban on trade with another country |
| nationalism | pride in or devotion to one's country |
| Marbury v. Madison | Supreme Court case that set the precedent of judicial review |
| Pinckney Treaty | Agreement in which Spain allowed Americans to ship their goods down the Mississippi River and store them in New Orleans. |
| Louisiana Purchase | large territory purchased from France in 1803 |
| Barbary States | North African nations that the U.S paid a yearly tribute to in order to ensure the safety of American ships |
| Embargo Act | law forbidding Americans to import or export goods |
| Nonintercourse Act | Passed in 1809; allowed Americans to trade with all nations except for Britain and France |
| War Hawks | members of Congress who wanted war with Britain in 1812 |
| Battle of Tippecanoe | Battle between U.S soldiers and Native Americans; neither side won but it was celebrated as a U.S victory. |
| Battle of the Thames | American victory; Tecumseh died in this battle. |
| Battle of Horseshoe Bend | American victory over the Creeks. |
| Battle of New Orleans | American victory that made Andrew Jackson a national hero; fought 2 weeks after Britain and the U.S had signed a peace treaty that ended the war. |
| Hartford Convention | Meeting of New England delegates who threatened to leave the union if the war with Britain continued. |
| Treaty of Ghent | Treaty that ended the War of 1812; Britain and the U.S agreed to return to the way they had been before the war. |
