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describe the surpremes courts power of judicial review |
it gave power to decide whether laws passed by congress were constitutional and to reject the unconstitutional ones |
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who acted as a guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expidition |
Sacagawea |
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which section of the united states opposed the war with britain |
congress |
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define nationalism |
devotion to ones country |
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name the act that replaced the Embargo act |
nonintercourse act |
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what did Tecumseh and the Prophet want Indians to do |
they wanted them to return to there old ways and then the indians could gain power to resist the white invaiders |
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name the important chief justice of the surpreme court during the marbury vs. madison case |
john marshall |
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list two reasons of the jefferson's instructions to the lewis and clark expedititon |
learn about indians who lived in the louisiana purchase, and study geography of the territory |
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who was jefferson's secretary of state |
james madison |
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describe the british practice of impressment |
it's the practice of forcing people into the army |
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what did the delagates to the hartford convention threaten to do and why? |
secede (withdraw from union) because they were not happy with the war |
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where did andrew jackson defeat the creeks during the war of 1812 |
horseshoe bend |
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what did the embargo act do |
cut off any trade |
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which president asked congress to declare war on britain in june, 1812 |
madison |
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where do the rivers west of the continetal divide flow |
pacific ocean |
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define democratic |
ensuring that all people have the same rights |
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how many battles did lewis and clark fight with the native americans |
0 |
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what important rights did the supreme court get from the famous marbury vs. madison case |
judicial review |
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which river did lewis and clark follow west out of st. louis to the foothills of the rocky mountains |
mississippi |
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how much did the united states pay for the louisiana purchase |
15 million |
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which section of the united states was the hardest hit by the embargo |
new england |
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why did president jefferson convince congress to pass the embargo act |
hoped it would hurt britain or france from attacking our ships |
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francis scott key wrote the words to our national anthem during the british bombardment of ft what? |
ft. mchenry |
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name the last battle of the war of 1812 |
battle of new orleans |
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why was the mississippi river and the city of new orleans so important to the settlers that lived west of the appalachians |
they shipped there wheat and corn to the market |
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name the most outspoken war hawk |
henry clay |
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give three reasons why the warhawks wanted war with britain |
impressment, arming indians, belief that canada could be taken |
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why did jefferson send livingston and moroe to france |
buy new orleans |
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which important items did dolley madison sace before british burned the president's palace |
portrait of washington, important documents of president, velvet curtains, silverware |
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name the treaty that ended the war of 1812 |
treaty of ghent |
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when did the louisiana purchase take place and what were its natural boundaries |
1803, bounding mississippi and the rocky mountains |
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who became a national hero at the battle of new orleans |
andrew jackson |
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what is the difference between a primary and a secondary source in the study of history |
a primary source is informantion from some one who was there and witnessed it and a secondary source is info from someone who didn't witness it |