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19 Cards in this Set
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Bureaucracy
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The departments and workers that make up the government.
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John Marshall
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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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Judicial review
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The power to reivew the acts of Congress and of the President to determine if they were constitutional.
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Marbury v. Madison
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The case in which Marshall first asserted the power of judicial review.
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Louisiana Purchase
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A vast territory extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
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Lewis and Clark expedition
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Exploration of the Lousiana Territory by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
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Barbary War
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a war between the U.S. and North Africa
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Impressment
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Taking American sailors from their ships and forcing them to serve in the British navy
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Embargo
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Suspending trade by ordering American ships to stay in port
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Tecumseh
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Shawnee Indian warrior who wanted to preserve Native American culture
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Battle of Tippecanoe
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battle in which the Americans burned Prophetstown
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War Hawks
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some agressive young politicians who teak the lead in Congress in 1811
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War of 1812
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a war between the U.S. and England that was caused by impressment on England's part
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Andrew Jackson
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someone who crushed the Creek Indians of Alabama
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Francis Scott Key
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cmoposer of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
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"The Star-Spangled Banner"
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Song made by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812
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Battle of New Orleans
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American victory in the War of 1812
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Treaty of Ghent
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Treaty for the War of 1812 which was interpreted as an American victory
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Hartford Convention
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Federalist convention which embarassed by the Federalists
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