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Aaron Burr: United States politician who served as Vice President under Jefferson
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continental divide: the line of highest points in the Rockies that marks the separation between rivers flowing eastward and westward
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Corps of Discovery: a group of people who "discovered" stuff; they discovered the Pacific Ocean; Lewis and Clark and Sakajawea were some
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embargo: a government order imposing a trade barrier
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expedition: a journey organized for a particular purpose
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impressments: The practice of forcing people into service. British ships would stop American vessels and impress American sailors. This led to Americans becoming extremely angry and eager for war with Britain.
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John Marshall: American jurist and politician who served as the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1801-1835) and helped establish the practice of judicial review.
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judicial review: the authority of the Supreme Court to strike down
unconstitutional.
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laissez faire: idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs
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Meriweather Lewis: Jefferson's personal secretary who accompanied William Clark in 1804 to explore the northern regions of the Lousiana Purchase on a two and a half year expedition that yielded a bounty of information, but was cut short when the pair antagonized the Blackfoot Indians.
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Meriwether Lewis: United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809)
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Sacagawea: Native American woman that helped Lewis and Clark
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smuggle: to carry in or bring out in a secret way.
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smuggling: secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due
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stephen decatur: United States naval officer remembered for his heroid deeds (1779-1820)
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Tecumseh: Shawnee chief who tried to united Native American tribes in Ohio and Indiana against encroaching white rule. Failed.
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Tenskwatawa: the Prophet; inspired a religious revival that spread through many tribes and united them; killed by Harrison at battle of Tippecanoe
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Thomas Jefferson: A prominent statesman, Thomas Jefferson became George Washington's first secretary of state. Along with James Madison, Jefferson took up the cause of strict constructionists and the Republican Party, advocating limited federal government. As the nation's third president from 1801 to 1809, Jefferson organized the national government by Thomas Jefferson Republican ideals, doubled the size of the nation, and struggled to maintain American neutrality
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tribute: payment by one nation for protection by another
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Willam Henry Harrison: Whig- military hero but little political experience- Whigs wanted president who would stamp their program for protectibe tarrifs and national bank
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William Clark: United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River
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zebulon pike: American soldier and explorer whom Pikes Peak in Colorada is named. His Pike expedition often compared to the lewis and Clark expedition, mapped much of the southern portion of the Louisianna Purchase