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24 Cards in this Set
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Democratic |
Ensuring that all people have the same rights
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Laissez Faire |
A french term meaning "let alone." |
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Free Market |
Where goods and services are exchanged with little regulation |
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Marbury v. Madison |
was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution. |
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Judicial review |
gave the Supreme Court the power to decide whether laws passed by Congress were constitutional and to reject laws that it considered to be unconstitutional |
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Pinckney Treaty |
In 1795, and agreement with Spain that let American ship their goods down the Mississippi River and store them in New Orleans |
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Louisiana Purchase |
In 1803, France purchased vast territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains |
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Expedition |
Long voyage of exploration |
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Continental divide |
A mountain ridge that separates river systems flowing toward opposite sides of a continent |
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Tribute |
Bribe |
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Impressment |
The practice of forcing people into service |
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Embargo |
Ban on trade |
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Embargo Act |
In 1807, a law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade |
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Smuggling |
Importing or exporting goods in violation of trade laws |
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Nonintercourse Act |
In 1809, a law that allowed Americans to carry on trade with other nations except France and Britain |
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Treaty of Greenville |
Native Americans signed a treaty in 1795, giving up land that would later become part of Ohio |
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Confederation |
League |
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Battle of Tippecanoe |
Battle over white settlement in the Indiana territory in 1811 |
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War Hawks |
Members from the west and the south called for war with Britain prior to the war of 1812 |
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Nationalism |
Devotion to one's country |
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Battle of Lake Erie |
American victory led by Oliver perry against the British in the war of 1812 |
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Battle of New Orleans |
At the end of the 1812 war, a battle between British and American that ended with an American victory |
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Hartford Convention |
Gathering New englanders to protest the war of 1812 by threatening to secede from the union |
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Treaty of Ghent |
Treaty signed by Britain and the U.S at the end of the war 1812 |
