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36 Cards in this Set
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Tecumseh
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a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy that opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and the War of 1812.
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Louisiana Purchase
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the acquisition by the United States of America of 828,800 square miles (2,147,000 km2) of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana in 1803.
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
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the first overland expedition undertaken by the United States to the Pacific coast and back. The expedition team was headed by the United States Army soldiers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and assisted by George Drouillard who was half Shawnee and half French. The expedition's goal was to gain an accurate sense of the resources being exchanged in the Louisiana Purchase. The expedition laid much of the groundwork for the westward expansion of the United States.
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Barbary States
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two wars between the United States of America and the Barbary States of North Africa in the early 19th century. At issue was the Barbary pirates' demand of tribute from American merchant vessels in the Mediterranean Sea. American naval power attacked the pirate cities and extracted concessions of fair passage from their rulers.
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Marbury vs. Madison
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a landmark case in United States law. It 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
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the doctrine under which legislative and executive actions are subject to review, and possible invalidation, by the judiciary.
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Fletcher vs. Peck
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a landmark United States Supreme Court decision. One of the first cases in which the Supreme Court ruled a state law unconstitutional, the decision also helped create a growing precedent for the sanctity of legal contracts, and hinted that Native Americans did not hold title to their own lands
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Jeffersonianism
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a political philosophy supporting a federal government with greatly constrained powers and advocating a strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution
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John Randolph
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After serving as President Thomas Jefferson's spokesman in the House, he broke with Jefferson in 1803 and became the leader of the "Old Republican" or "Quids" faction of the Democratic-Republican Party that wanted to restrict the role of the federal government.
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Aaron Burr
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served as the third Vice President of the United States (1801–1805) under President Thomas Jefferson, and was the first Vice President to never serve as President.
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John Quincy Adams
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the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. He was also an American diplomat and served in both the Senate and House of Representatives. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican
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Status of Slave Trade
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North and south continued to disagree. North opposed, south supported
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Daniel Boone
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was an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now the Commonwealth of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of the settled part of Thirteen Colonies
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Battle of Horseshoe Bend
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was fought during the War of 1812 in central Alabama. On March 27, 1814, United States forces and Indian allies under General Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks, a part of the Creek Indian tribe inspired by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh, effectively ending the Creek War.
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Albert Gallatin
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He was politically active against the Federalist Party program, and was elected to the United States Senate in 1793, but was removed from office by a 14–12 party-line vote after a protest raised by his opponents suggested he had fewer than the required nine years of citizenship. In 1795 he was elected to the House of Representatives and served in the fourth through sixth Congresses, becoming House Majority Leader. He was an important leader of the new Democratic-Republican Party, and its chief spokesman on financial matters and opposed the entire program of Alexander Hamilton.
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Treaty of Ghent
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the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Timothy Pickering
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a politician from Massachusetts who served in a variety of roles, most notably as the third United States Secretary of State, serving in that office from 1795 to 1800 under Presidents George Washington and John Adams.
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John Marshall
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an American jurist and statesman who shaped American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a center of power. Marshall was Chief Justice of the United States, serving from January 31, 1801, until his death in 1835.
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Election of 1800
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Vice President Thomas Jefferson defeated incumbent president John Adams. The election was a realigning election that ushered in a generation of Republican Party rule and the eventual demise of the Federalist Party in the First Party System.
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Non- Intercourse Act
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This Act lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for British or French ports. The intent was to damage the economies of the United Kingdom and France. Like its predecessor, the Embargo Act, it was mostly ineffective, and contributed to the coming of the War of 1812.
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Orders in Council
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Forbade neutral commerce with Britain and threatened seizure of any ship that violated these orders
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Jefferson's goals
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cut national debt, run government on basis of customs, militia rather than standing force, increase physical size of US
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Berlin and Milan Decrees
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forbade the import of British goods into European countries Berlin- allied with or dependent upon France, and installed the Continental System in Europe. The Milan Decree stated that no European country was to trade with the United Kingdom.
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The Quids
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different factions of the United States Democratic-Republican Party during the period 1804–1812.
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War Hawks
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a political stance of being for aggression, by diplomatic and ultimately military means, against others to improve the standing of their own government, country, or organization. T
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John Calhoun
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the seventh Vice President of the United States and a leading Southern politician from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century. Calhoun, a talented orator and writer, began his political career as a nationalist and proponent of protective tariffs; later, he was a proponent of free trade, states' rights, limited government, and nullification.
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Macon's Bill 2
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intended to motivate Britain and France to stop seizing American vessels during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Embargo Act
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American laws restricting American ships from engaging in foreign trade 1807 and 1812. They led to the War of 1812 between the U.S. and Britain.
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Andrew Jackson
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the seventh President of the United States (1829–1837). He was the military governor of pre-admission Florida (1821) and the commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans (1815) and is an eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy.
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John Paul Jones
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the United States' first well-known naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War.
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Jefferson and slavery
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wanted the slave trade to be outlawed
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Oliver Hazard Perry
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served in the War of 1812 against Britain, and at the age of 27 earned the title "Hero of Lake Erie" for leading American forces in a decisive naval victory at the Battle of Lake Erie.
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William Henry Harrison
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the ninth President of the United States, an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office. Harrison served as the first territorial congressional delegate from the Northwest Territory, governor of the Indiana Territory and later as a U.S. representative and senator from Ohio.
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Francis Scott Key
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an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet, from Georgetown, who wrote the lyrics to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner".
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Chesapeake Incident
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the British warship HMS Leopard attacked and boarded the American frigate Chesapeake.
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Hartford Convention
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New England's opposition to the war reached the point where secession from the United States was discussed. The end of the war with a return to the status quo ante bellum disgraced the Federalist Party, which disbanded in most places.
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