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24 Cards in this Set
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Democratic
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ensuring that all people have the same rights
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Laissez Faire
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idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs
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Free Market
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economic system in which individuals, rather than the government, decide what and how much to produce and sell
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Marbury V. Madison
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an 1803 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to decide whether laws passed by Congress were constitutional and to reject laws that it considered unconstitutional
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Judicial Review
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power of the Supreme Court to decide whether acts of a President or laws passed by Congress are constitutional
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Pinckney Treaty
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a 1795 agreement with Spain that let Americans ship their goods down the Mississippi River and store them in New Orleans
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Louisiana Purchase
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vast territory between the Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains, purchased from France in 1803
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Expedition
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long voyage of exploration
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Continental Divide
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mountain ridge that separates river systems flowing toward opposite sides of a continent
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Tribute
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bribe
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Impressment
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practice of forcing people into military service
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Embargo
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ban on trade
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Embargo Act
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an 1807 law that imposed a total ban on foreign trade
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Smuggling
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importing or exporting goods in violation of trade laws
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Nonintercourse Act
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an 1809 law that allowed Americans to carry on trade with all nations except Britain and France
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Treaty of Greenville
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treaty signed by some Native Americans in 1795, giving up land that would later become part of Ohio in exchange for $20,000 and a promise of more money if they kept the peace
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Confederation
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league of independent states or nations
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Battle of Tippecanoe
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an 1811, battle over white settlement in the Indiana Territory
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War Hawks
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members of Congress from the South and the West who called for war with Britain prior to the War of 1812
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Nationalism
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devotion to one's country
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Battle of Lake Erie
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in the War of 1812, an American victory led by Oliver Perry against the British
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Battle of New Orleans
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at the end of the War of 1812, a battle between British and American forces that ended in an American victory
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Hartford Convention
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gathering of New England delegates during the War of 1812 to protest the war by threatening to secede from the Union
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Treaty of Ghent
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peace treaty signed by Britain and the United States at the end of the War of 1812
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