APUSH CH11 Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Revolution of 1800 | electoral victory of Democratic-Republicans over Federalists who lost Congressional majority + presidency; peaceful transfer of power solidified faith in American political system |
| Patronage | political parties grant jobs + favors to party regulars who delivered votes on election day |
| Judiciary Act of 1801 | last act passed by Federalist Congress; created 16 new federal judgeships; ensured Federalist grip on Judiciary Branch |
| "midnight judges" | federal justices appointed by John Adams during his last day of Presidency; positions revoked when Judiciary Act was repealed |
| John Marshall | Chief Justice; only 6 weeks formal schooling; shaped American legal tradition; Federalist |
| William Marbury | midnight judge; appealed to Marshall to sue for the right to be a justice; suit dismissed |
| Marbury vs. Madison | Supreme Court case that established Judicial Review |
| Judicial Review | Supreme court has the final authority to determine constitutionality of a law/act |
| Tripolitan Wars | Pirates of North African Barbary States demanding blackmail money for safe passage of American ships thought the Mediterranean; pasha of Tripoli informally declares war on US for dissatisfaction with money given, 1801 |
| ceded Louisiana to France by Spain | secret pact signed in 1800 did this... |
| Louisiana Purchase | 1803, Jefferson sends Monroe to Paris: meet with minister Robert R. Livingston. Order to try to buy New Orleans + the land east of it for no more than $10mill. Napoleon suddenly cedes all of Louisiana; no alliance needed. paved way for diplomatic success in the future. Now coined "Valley of Democracy" |
| Corps of Discovery | 1804, Lewis and Clark expedition though Louisiana territory; chartered to find water route to Pacific Ocean |
| Aaron Burr | Vice President to Jefferson; provoked + justified fears of possible secession due to foreign intrigue; joined group of federalist extremists plotting the secession of New England and New York. killed Hamilton in a duel |
| General James Wilkinson | allegiance w/ Aaron Burr; plot to separate Western US from Eastern |
| Orders in Council | 1806; edicts issued by British crown closing French-owned European ports to foreign shipping. French response=seizure order of all ships entering British ports. American trade cut off both ways |
| Embargo Act | enacted by Jefferson, 1807; forbade exporting goods from America; hoped to resolve conflict between France and Britain by cutting off their supplies; instead, crippled American economy + revived Federalist party |
| Non-Intercourse Act | 1809; reopened trade with all nations (except Britain and France) |
| James Madison sworn in to office | March 4, 1809 |
| Macon's Bill No. 2 | aimed at reopening British and French trade; if either Britain or France repealed its trade restrictions, US would re-instate embargo for the nonrepealer. France lifted restriction. US embargoes British commerce |
| war hawks | Democratic-Republican congressmen pressing Madison to declare war on Britain; also aimed to wipe out Indian neighbors |
| Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa | formed far-flung Confederacy with all tribes east of Mississippi River to battle war hawks; inspired cultural renewal; no ceding of land unless all Indians approved |
| Battle of Tippecanoe | 1811; William Henry Harrison and Indiana Army defeat Shawnee Prophet; Tecumseh, after, formed alliance with British against US |
| Felix Grundy | of Tennessee; called for final attack on Indians' Canadian base after Battle of Tippecanoe |
| Madison declares war on Indian tribes | June 1, 1812 |
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