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| 614953988 | patronage | (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | |
| 614953989 | 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. | |
| 614953990 | judicial review | the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and actions of local, state, or national governments unconstitutional | |
| 614953991 | impeachment | Formal accusation by the lower house of a legislature against a public official, the first step in removal from office. | |
| 614953992 | impressment | British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service | |
| 614953993 | economic coercion | Jefferson came up with the Embargo Act which cut off all trade with all countries. 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. | |
| 614953994 | Macon's Bill No. 2 | opened trade with britain and france, said if either nation repealed its restrictions on neutral shipping the US would halt trade with the other, didn't work | |
| 614953995 | Aaron Burr | Vice President to Thomas Jefferson for one term. Dueled with Alexander Hamilton, resulting in Hamilton's death. Known for his trial and acquittal on charges of treason. | |
| 614953996 | Tenskwatawa (the Prophet) | A Shawnee Indian leader who with his borther (Tecumseh) brought together many tribes to go against the colonists | |
| 614953997 | Tecumseh | Chief of the Shawnee who with his brother (the Prophet, Tenskwatawa) tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement | |
| 614953998 | William Clark | American explorer who aided Meriwether Lewis in an expedition through the Louisiana Purchase | |
| 614953999 | Meriwether Lewis | partner with William Clark to explore the Louisiana Purchase | |
| 614954000 | Henry Clay | Senator from Kentucky. War hawk for the War of 1812, Speaker of the House of Representatives, 34 years old | |
| 614954001 | James Monroe | Joined Robert R. Livingston to negotiate with Napoleon to buy New Orleans | |
| 614954002 | Napolean Bonaparte | Ruler of France, sold Louisisana to the Americans after reciving it from the Spanish | |
| 614954003 | Robert Livingston | He was the U.S. Minister to France from 1801 to 1804. He negotiated the purchase of the Louisiana Territory with James Monroe | |
| 614954004 | Albert Gallatin | Jefferson's Sec. of Treasury and a financial genius --> helped to cut the national debt | |
| 614954005 | Zebulon Pike | explored upper Mississippi River. Viewed Mtn peaks above Colorado Plains. Mountain today called Pikes Peak. | |
| 614954006 | John Marshall | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Federalist. Presided over cases such as Marbury V. Madison; judicial review | |
| 614954007 | Samuel Chase | Tart-tongued Supreme Court justice who Jefferson tried to impeach | |
| 614954008 | Thomas Jefferson | 3rd President; leader of Democratic-Republicans; created Jeffersonian republicanism; 1st President to take office in Washington D.C. | |
| 614954009 | William Marbury | named a justice of the peace for the District of Columbia; sued Madison when he learned that his commission was being shelved by Madison (Secretary of State) | |
| 614954010 | James Madison | 4th President; Secretary of State; lead nation through War of 1812 | |
| 614954011 | Toussaint L'Ouverture | Leader of ex-slaves in the rebellion in Haiti against French | |
| 614954012 | John Adams | Secretary of State. Known as "the Father of the American Navy" | |
| 614954013 | Battle of Austerlitz | battle between Austrian, Russian, and French armies, French won | |
| 614954014 | Judiciary Act of 1801 | passed by Federalist congress; created 16 new federal judgeships and other judicial positions | |
| 614954015 | Orders in Council | closed European ports under French control to foreign shipping, unless the vessels 1st stopped at a British port | |
| 614954016 | Revolution of 1800 | Jefferson's election changed the direction of the government from Federalist to Democratic- Republican, so it was called a "revolution." | |
| 614954017 | 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 | |
| 614954018 | Chesapeake incident | 1807 - The American ship Chesapeake refused to allow the British on the Leopard to board to look for deserters. In response, the Leopard fired on the Chesapeake. | |
| 614954019 | Marbury v. Madison | This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review | |
| 614954020 | Embargo Act | Act that forbade the export of goods from the U.S. in order to hurt the economies of the warring nations of France and Britain. The act slowed the economy of New England and the south. The act was seen as one of many precursors to war. | |
| 614954021 | Louisiana Purchase | 1803, the U.S. spends $15 million to buy a large amount of land from the west of the Mississippi from France; doubled the size of the United States | |
| 614954022 | Non-Intercourse Act | Allowed Americans to carry on trade with all nations except Britian and France. | |
| 614954023 | Mosquito Fleet | It is the term used to describe the United States Navy's fleet of small gunboats, leading up to and during the War of 1812. Tripolitan War. | |
| 614954024 | Pirates of the North African Barbary States | Looting US ships and indirectly declared war. Jefferson sent the navy to stop them. | |
| 614954025 | Sacajawea | Shoshoni woman who helped Lewis and Clark in their expodition | |
| 614954026 | William Henry Harrison | Defeated Tecumseh and the Prophet (Tenskwatawa) | |
| 614954027 | Battle of the Thames | Tecumseh killed, Indian confederacy dream perished | |
| 614954028 | War of 1812 | America entered for freedom of the seas and against (British) Indian issues |
