Chapter 10 vocab U.S. History
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21 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 radicals | people who take extreme political positions |
| Judiciary Act of 1801 | Act under which President Adams appointed as many Federalist judges as he could before Thomas Jefferson took office |
| John Marshall | A Federalist appointed by President John Adams as Cheif Justice of the Supreme Court |
| Marbury v. Madison | Supreme Court case in which John Marshall declared that a law passed by Congress was unconstitutional, thereby establishing the principle of judicial review |
| unconstitutional | A contradiction of the law of the Constitution |
| judicial review | Principle that says that the Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution |
| Louisiana Purchase | An 1803 land purchase from France, which gave the United States the port of New Orleans and doubled the size of the country |
| Meriwether Lewis | Explorer chosen to lead an expedition into the Louisiana Territory |
| William Clark | A skilled mapmaker and outdoorsman chosen to explore the Louisiana Territory |
| Lewis and Clark expedition | A trip to explore the Louisiana Territory |
| Sacagawea | A Shoshone woman whose language skills and knowledge of geography helped Lewis and Clark |
| Zebulon Pike | An army officer who led an expedition into the southern part of the Louisiana Territory |
| impressment | Kidnapping of sailors to work on ships |
| Embargo Act of 1807 | An act passed by Congress to stop all foreign trade with the United States |
| Tecumseh | A Shawnee chief who tried to unite Native American tribes |
| War Hawks | Westerners who called for war against Britain |
| Oliver Hazard Perry | Naval officer whose fleet defeated the British force on Lake Erie |
| Battle of the Thames | Fight in which General Harrison defeated British forces in the Northwest |
| Francis Scott Key | A Washington lawyer who watched the all-night battle at Fort McHenry and showed his pride by writing what became the national anthem |
| Treaty of Ghent | Treaty that ended the War of 1812 |
| James Madison | He refused to give Marbury a job leading to the Marbury v. Madison court case |
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