| Term | Definition |
| Problems with Electoral College | each elector cast one vote for VP and President |
| Twelfth Amendment | required electors to vote separately for VP and President |
| Reasons for Buying Louisiana Purchase | double the size of the country - power |
| Reasons France wanted to sell LP | needed money to fund the wars in Europe |
| Lewis and Clark Expedition | trade with the Indians - |
| Barbary States | nations off the coast of North Africa |
| Barbary Pirates | Boarded the Philadelphia and took it over |
| Blockade | shutting of a port |
| embargo | ban on trade |
| England Embargo | hurt Britain and France by not allowing supplies in the country |