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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 john adams | federalists; lost the election of 1800; ran with Pinckney |
| thomas jefferson | democratic-republican; won the election of 1800; ran with burr and tied 35 and won on the 36th vote |
| john marshall | federalist; chief justice of the US |
| Marbury v Madison | case that helped establish the supreme courts power to check the power of the other branches of government |
| judicial review | power to declare an act of congress unconsitutional |
| Louisiana purchase | an agreement agreed by the senate which doubled the size of the US |
| Meriwether Lewis | former army captain; went on the expedition of Lewis and Clark |
| William Clark | co leader of the expedion friend of lewis |
| lewis and clark expedition | may 1804 long journey to explore the Louisiana purchase |
| Sacagawea | shoshone from the rocky mountains; translator for lewis and clark |
| Zebulon Pike | accused of being a spy on Spanish territory |
| USS Constitution | large war ship |
| impressment | practice of forcing people to serve in the army or navy |
| embargo | banning of trade |
| embargo act | law banned trade with all foreign countries |
| non intercourse act | law banned trade only with Britain, france, and their colonies |
| tecumseh | shawnee chief; believed the indians should unite |
| battle of tippecanoe | us forces defeated tecumseh and his followers |
| war hawks | wanted war against britain |
| james madison | republican; president in 1808 |
| oliver hazard perry | took the task to break britains control of lake erie |
| battle of lake erie | perry sailed out to meet the british on sept 10 and the battle started |
| andrew jackson | militia leader; led 2000 volunteers |
| treaty of fort jackson | signed late in 1814, ended the creek war and forced the creek to give up millions of acres of their land |
| battle of new orleans | made andrew jackson a hero and was the major conflict of the war of 1812 |
| hartford convention | federalists agreed to oppose the war and send delegates to meet with congress |
| treaty of Ghent | signed in Belgium on dec 24,1814, ended the war at 1812 |
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