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Democratic-Republicans |
Political party known for its support of strong state governments, founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1792 in opposition to the Federalist Party |
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Jeffersonian Republicanism |
Jefferson's theory of government, which held that a simple government best suited the needs of the people |
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Marbury v. Madison |
1803 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to abolish legislative acts by declaring them unconstitutional (judicial review) |
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John Marshall |
Fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United State |
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Judicial Review |
The ability of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional |
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Louisiana Purchase |
Bought for $15 million, more than doubled the United States |
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Impressment |
The practice of seizing Americans at sea and drafting them into the British Navy |
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James Monroe |
Fifth President of the United States, serving between 1817 and 1825 |
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Monroe Doctrine |
A principle of US policy, originated by President James Monroe in 1823, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US. |
