A | B |
democratic | ensuring that all people have the same rights |
laissez faire | "let alone" gov't should play a small role in economic affairs |
judicial review | power of Supreme Court to decide if laws are constitutional |
Jefferson's ideas on government | limit gov't power and make gov't more democratic |
means by which Jefferson reduced the power of the gov't | decreased size of gov't departments; cut the budget and military |
Marbury v. Madison | Supreme Court case which established judicial review |
Pinckney Treaty | agreement btwn Spain and Am. allowed Am. goods to be shipped down Miss. River |
Louisiana Purchase | buying of LA from France for $15 million |
Lewis and Clark | explorers of the LA territory appointed by Jefferson |
Sacajawea | guide/translator for Lewis and Clark |
Zebulon Pike | explored upper Miss. River, Arkansas River, Colorado, New Mexico |
expedition | a long journey of exploration |
Continential Divide | mtn. ridge that separates river systems that flow toward opposite sides of a continent |
reasons France was willing to sell LA | Napoleon abandoned his plans for an empire in Am. and he needed $ for wars in Europe |
Accomplishments of Lewis and Clark | reached the Pacific Ocean; studied LA territory; made friends with Native Am. |
example of loose interpretation of the Constitution | Pres. Jefferson's purchase of LA |
Barbary States | North African nations |
impressment | practice of forcing people into service |
embargo | ban on trade with another country |
smuggler | person who violates trade laws and illegally sneaks good in/out of a country |
Embargo Act | forbid Am. to import or export goods |
Nonintercourse Act | allowed Am. to trade with all nations except Britain & France |
reasons Embargo Act failed | Am. suffered more than British or French |
meaning of "we are all Federalists, we are all Republicans" | Jeffersons attempt to unite the country |