Terms for APUSH Chapter 11.
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| 496820946 | William Clark and Meriwether Lewis | Went on an expedition North of the Louisana Purchase. They promoted further expansion west. | |
| 496820947 | Albert Gallatin | Jefferson's Secretary of Treasury who was a financial wizard - reduced govt. spending through careful management. | |
| 496820948 | Robert Livingston | He was the U.S. Minister to France from 1801 to 1804. He negotiated the purchase of the Louisiana Territory. | |
| 496820949 | Zebulon Pike | An army officer who led an expedition into the southern part of the Louisiana Territory. | |
| 496820950 | John Marshall | Created the precedent of judicial review; ruled on many early decisions that gave the federal government more power, especially the supreme court. | |
| 496820951 | Aaron Burr | He was the principal opponent of Alexander Hamilton's Federalist policies. In the election of 1800, he tied with Jefferson in the Electoral College. The House of Representatives awarded the Presidency to Jefferson and made him Vice President. | |
| 496820952 | William Marbury | "Midnight Judge" appointed in the Judiciary Act of 1801. Sued government because he was never appointed, which resulted in famous Judicial Review. | |
| 496820953 | Toussaint L'Overture | 1803 - Led a slave rebellion which took control of Haiti, the most important island of France's Caribbean possessions. The rebellion led Napoleon to feel that New World colonies were more trouble than they were worth, and encouraged him to sell Louisiana to the U.S. | |
| 496820954 | Samuel Chase | Supreme Court justice of whom the Democratic-Republican Congress tried to remove in retaliation of the John Marshall's decision regarding Marbury; was not removed due to a lack of votes in the Senate. | |
| 496820955 | Patronage | Granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support. | |
| 496820956 | Impeachment | The political equivalent of an indictment in criminal law, prescribed by the Constitution. | |
| 496820957 | Impressment | The act of coercing someone into government service. | |
| 496829282 | Orders in Council | Edicts that closed European ports to foreign shipping unless they stopped first in a British port. | |
| 496829283 | Embargo Act | Signed by Thomas Jefferson in 1807 to stop the export of all American goods and American ships from sailing for foreign ports. |
