5991744567 | Thomas Jefferson | 3rd president of the United States, Democratic-Republican, famous for Louisiana Purchase | 0 | |
5991744568 | Louisiana Purchase | territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; doubled size, removed foreign presence, started destroying Federalists | 1 | |
5991744569 | Napoleon Bonaparte | leader of France who wanted to get rid of the Louisiana territory | 2 | |
5991744570 | Toussaint l'Ouverture | rebel leader in Santo Domingo against France | 3 | |
5991744571 | strict interpretation | whatever is not mentioned specifically in the Constitution cannot be done; takes a very literal meaning of the Constitution. Favored by Thomas Jefferson. | 4 | |
5991744572 | loose interpretation | A board way of interpreting the Constitution that allows the Federal Government to take actions that the Constitution doesn't forbid it from taking. Favored by Alexander Hamilton (as a way of creating the National Bank). | 5 | |
5991744573 | Lewis and Clark expedition | T. Jefferson sent two men to map and keep detailed journals of the Louisiana territory | 6 | |
5991744574 | John Marshall | chief justice of supreme court; ruled on many early decisions that gave the federal gov. more power. | 7 | |
5991744575 | Marbury vs. Madison | Marbury sued for commission that was owed to him when Jefferson told Madison not to give it to Federalists; Judiciary Act of 1789; created judicial review | 8 | |
5991744576 | Aaron Burr | served as 3rd vice president. member of Republicans and President of the senate. Deframed by the press, often by writings of Hamilton, who he later challenged and killed. | 9 | |
5991744577 | "Quids" | old Republicans who criticized the war of 1812 because it did not adhered to old standards of Republican rule | 10 | |
5991744578 | Barbary pirates | pirates on the North African coast that took U.S. ships and forced the U.S. to pay tribute to them | 11 | |
5991744579 | impressment | the act of capturing soldiers and taking them in to be part of their navy | 12 | |
5991744580 | Chesapeake-Leopard affair | British warship shot the American ship killing 3 americans. which meant high anti-british sentiment | 13 | |
5991744581 | Embargo Act (1807) | the act created by Jefferson to prohibit Americans from sailing to any foreign port; backfired and screwed up American economy | 14 | |
5991744582 | James Madison | 4th president of the United States; father of Constitution, leads nation through war of 1812 | 15 | |
5991744583 | Nonintercourse Act (1809) | act that stated Americans could trade with all foreign nations except Britain or France | 16 | |
5991744584 | Macon's Bill No. 2 | restored trade with Britain and France but that if one country agreed to respect neutral rights than the US would prohibit trade with that nations foe | 17 | |
5991744585 | Tecumseh and Prophet | two Shawnee brothers who wanted to unite all tribes east of Mississippi to prevent further encroachment | 18 | |
5991744586 | William Henry Harrison | 9th president. hero of battle of tippiecanoe. few opinions on national issues. | 19 | |
5991744587 | Battle of Tippecanoe | Harrison destroyed Shawnee HQ and ended Tecumseh's efforts; U.S. blamed Britain for instigating rebellion | 20 | |
5991744588 | war hawks | many young Republicans from frontier states in the West that wants to go to war with Britain. Also the mascot of the best UW University--Whitewater! | 21 | |
5991744589 | Henry Clay or John C. Calhoun | congressmen who were considered war hawks | 22 | |
5991744590 | War of 1812 | a war against Britain which lasted until 1814, ending with the Treaty of Ghent and a renewed sense of American Nationalism | 23 | |
5991744591 | "Old Ironsides" | the warship by the name of Constitution sank a British ship off the coast of Nova Scotia and raised morale | 24 | |
5991744592 | Battle of Lake Erie | a naval battle led by Oliver Perry defeated the British secured lake Erie | 25 | |
5991744593 | Oliver Hazard Perry | United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812 | 26 | |
5991744594 | Battles of the Thames River | the battle led by William H. Harrison in which Tecumseh was killed | 27 | |
5991744595 | Battle of Lake Champlain | Thomas Macdonough led the way for a American victory Americans defeat the British and the British decide the war is too costly--retreat and abandon their plan to invade NY and New England | 28 | |
5991744596 | Francis Scott Key and "The Star-Spangled Banner" | written during the storming of the nation's capital and of Fort McHenry | 29 | |
5991744597 | Andrew Jackson | the 7th president of the us who as a general in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans. Opposed Bank of America and objected to rights of individual states | 30 | |
5991744598 | Battle of New Orleans | a battle in which Jackson led a group of men to hold off the British from controlling the Mississippi River; useless because was after a treaty was signed. | 31 | |
5991744599 | Treaty of Ghent (1814) | ended war of 1812 | 32 | |
5991744600 | Hartford Convention (1814) | a convention in which Northern states met secretly to discuss their grievances and to seek redress for their wrongs | 33 |
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