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| 7341808749 | War Hawks | Southerners and Westerners who were eager for war with Britain. They had a strong sense of nationalism, and they wanted to takeover British land in North America and expand. | 0 | |
| 7341808750 | Chesapeake Incident | Occurred on June 22, 1807. A US frigate was boarded by a the British who seized four alleged deserters. This is the most famous example of impressment, in which the British seized American sailors and forced them to serve on British ships. | 1 | |
| 7341808753 | Marbury v. Madison | Sec. of State James Madison held up one of John Adams' "Midnight Judges" appointments. The appointment was for a Justice of the Peace position for William Marbury. Marbury sued. This case cleared up controversy over who had final say in interpreting the Constitution: the states did not, the Supreme Court did. | 2 | |
| 7341808754 | impeachment | to accuse a public official of misconduct in office. | 3 | |
| 7341808755 | Judiciary Act of 1801 | reorganized the federal judiciary and established the first circuit judgeships in the country. | 4 | |
| 7341808760 | economic coercion | Jefferson hoped this would force the English to come to his terms and stop stealing American sailors. This, however, did not work and greatly hurt American trade. | 5 | |
| 7341808761 | Macon's Bill No. 2 | Intended to motivate Britain and France to stop seizing American vessels during the Napoleonic Wars. The law lifted all embargoes with Britain or France | 6 | |
| 7341808762 | "Midnight judges" | A nick name given to group of judges that was appointed by John Adams the night before he left office. He appointed them to go to the federal courts to have a long term federalist influence, because judges serve for life instead of limited terms | 7 | |
| 7341808764 | patronage | When an elected official fills appointed positions with friends that helped him or her get elected. Is like the "spoils system". | 8 | |
| 7341808765 | judicial review | A constitutional doctrine that gives to a court system the power to annul legislative or executive acts which the judges declare to be unconstitutional | 9 | |
| 7341808767 | impressment | The act of taking men into a military or naval force by compulsion, with or without notice. | 10 | |
| 7341808769 | Judicial Act of 1801 | Passed in the last days of the John Adams administration (1797-1801), that reorganized the federal judiciary and established the first circuit judgeships in the country. | 11 | |
| 7341808770 | Orders of Council | The British closed off all port vessels that France went through so they couldn't get supplies. American ships headed to France were required to first check-in at England, Americans were impressed into the British navy. This largely led to the War of 1812. | 12 | |
| 7341808771 | Embargo Act | A law passed by Congress forbidding all exportation of goods from the United States. | 13 | |
| 7341808772 | Non-Intercourse Act | This law formally reopened trade with all nations except England and France on March 1, 1809. It was made by the Republican Congress in an attempt to make England and France stop harassing the American ships and recognize American neutrality | 14 | |
| 7341808773 | Louisiana Purchase | This land mass stretched from the Gulf of Mexico all the way to the Rocky Mountains and Canada. The purchase of this land sprouted national pride and ensured expansion. | 15 |
