AMSCO AP US History Chapter 7 Flashcards

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