| Term | Definition |
| Election of 1800 | election was deadlocked, Burr and Jefferson each received 73 electoral votes so it went to the House of Representatives |
| Twelfth Amendment | requires electors to vote for the president and vice-president |
| Problems with Barbary Pirates | North African countries of Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli demanded tributes to let ships safely pass in the Medeteranian Sea (must know one Barbary State)/ war broke out between the U.S. and Barbary States |
| tributes | protection money |
| One of the Greatest Real Estate Deals in History | Louisiana Territory/ $15 million/ was not Constitutional/ doubled the size of the U.S. |
| Who did the Thomas Jefferson send to Explore the West? | Meriwether Lewis, William Clark |
| About the Exploration of the West | traveled 4000 miles in 18 months/ hired Sacajawea and her fur trapper husband to guide them/ York, Clarks's slave helped them tremendously |
| Zebulon Pike | explored the Southwest/ discovered Pike's Peak |
| Freedom of the Seas | Great Britain and France were involved in a war which interfered with American trade... Britain also impressed soldiers |
| Impressing | to capture |
| Chesapeake (American ship) | British attacked with their ship, the Leopard/ 3 American killed, 18 wounded |
| Embargo Act 1807 | banned imports and exports/ was a disaster, wiped out all trade with all nations |
| Election of 1808 | James Madison (Republican) vs. Thomas Pickney (Federalist)/ Madison won |
| June 1, 1812 | date when James Madison asked Congress for declaration of war |
| Louisiana Purchase | Robert Livingston and James Monroe sent to France to offer $10 million for New Orleans and West/ Napolean wanted to know how much we would pay for all of Louisiana Territory |
| Importance of the Problems with Barbary Pirates | 1. we won valuable experience 2. Stephen Decatur was a war hero 3. Overseas nations looked at us with respect |
| Philadelphia (U.S. warship) | pirates seized the Philadelphia and towed it to Tripoli Harbor/ U.S. Navy Captain, Stephen Decatur, burned ship |