 | Term | Definition |
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nationalism |
one's devotion for their country |
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judicial review |
gave congress power to declare unconstitutional laws |
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impressment |
practice of forcing people to serve in the navy |
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laissez faire |
idea that gov't should pay a small role in economics |
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embargo |
ban on trade |
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continental divide |
mountain ridge that seperates river systems |
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confederation |
leauge |
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free market |
idea that goods are extanges with little regulation |
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tribute |
bribe |
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smuggling |
importing and exporting goods illeagally |
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Embargo Act |
ban on trade for forgian countries |
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Louisiana Purchase |
bought from France for $23,213,568, gained the USA over 828,000 sq. miles |
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Hartford Convention |
plan to stop the war, but failed because the war ended |
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democratic |
ensuring that all people have the same rights |
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Treaty of Greenville |
the treaty ending the indian wars |
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War Hawks |
poeple who supported the war |
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Treaty of Ghent |
treaty ending the War of 1812 that resored Britian and us to pre war conditions |
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expedition |
long voyage of exploration |
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John Marshall |
Cheif Justice durring time period |
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Lewis and Clark |
explored Louisiana Purchase and found route to Pacific Ocean |
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Sacagawea |
translator for Lewis and Clark |
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Zebulon Pike |
Explorer who was captured by spanish and only returned with one map |
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William Henry Harrison |
governer of indian territory |
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Tecumseh |
confederatized the indians and led them into battle |
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Battle of Tippecanoe |
final battle against the indians that we won |
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Henry Clay |
leaer or the War Hawks |
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James Madison |
4th president of the USA |
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War of 1812 |
war between Britian and the USA that we finialy won |
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Andrew Jackson |
became a hero over night with the win of the Battle of New Orleans |
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Oliver Hazard Perry |
hero of the Battle of Lake Erie |
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Battle of New Orleans |
USA won with a loss of 7 soldiers, Britian lost over 2,000 |
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Battle of Lake Erie |
USA won battle with terrible ships built right before the battle |
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