Chapter 9 The American Journey

Front 1

laissez faire

Back 1

policy that the
government should

interfere as little as
possible in the
nations economy

Front 2

tribute

Back 2

money paid for protection

Front 3

impressment

Back 3

forcing people into service,
as in the Navy

Front 4

neutral rights

Back 4

the right to sail the
seas and not take
sides in a war

Front 5

embargo

Back 5

an order prohibiting
trade with
another country

Front 6

frigates

Back 6

small war ship

Front 7

privateers

Back 7

armed private ship
licensed to attack
merchant ships

Front 8

restrictions

Back 8

limitations

Front 9

judicial review

Back 9

the right the supreme
court has to determine
if a law violates
the constitution

Front 10

tariff

Back 10

tax on imported goods

Front 11

war hawk

Back 11

someone who
favors war

Front 12

expedition

Back 12

journey

Front 13

continental
divide

Back 13

a line that divides the
flow of water between
the Pacific and
Atlantic Oceans

Front 14

Francis Scott Key

Back 14

wrote the
Star Spangled Banner

Front 15

Oliver Perry

Back 15

commanded the
Lake Erie naval forces

Front 16

Andrew Jackson

Back 16

7th president / lead wars

Front 17

William Clark

Back 17

governor, soldier,
explorer

Front 18

Meriwether Lewis

Back 18

discovered/explored
the new land

Front 19

Sacagawea

Back 19

Indian woman
explored with
Lewis & Clark

Front 20

Marbury v. Madison

Back 20

3 principles of judicial review estab.

• constitution is supreme law
• constitution must be followed
  when there is conflict
• judicial branch must uphold the
  constitution

Front 21

McCulloch v. Maryland

Back 21

congress is allowed to do more than
constitution expresses it to

Front 22

Gibbons v. Ogden

Back 22

court held that Federal law
takes precedence over state
law in interstate transportation

Front 23

How did U.S.
obtain the Louisiana Territory?
For how much?

Back 23

The U.S. bought the land from
France for $15 million.