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chapter 10 - the age of jefferson
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7th Grade
03/18/2014

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laissez faire
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political idea that government should play as small a role as possible in peoples lives
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judicial review
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power of the supreme court to decide weather laws made by congress are constitutional
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Marbury vs. Madison
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supreme court case that defined the power of the judicial review
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pinckney treaty
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treaty witch Spain agreed to let the U. S. use the port of New Orleans and the Mississippi river
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Louisiana purchace
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purchase of Louisiana territory from France in 1803 for $15 million
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expedition
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long journey or voyage of exploration
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continental divide
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mountain ridge that separates river systems flowing towards opposite sides of the continent
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barbary states
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North African nations of Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco, and Algiers
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tribute
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money paid by one country to another in return for protection
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impressment
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act of kidnapping and forcing someone to serve in the navy
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embargo
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ban on trade with another country
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embargo act
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law that forbid Americans to import and export any goods in 1807
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non intercourse act
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law that allowed Americans to trade with any country EXCEPT England and France in 1809
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nationalism
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pride in ones country
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war hawks
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congressmen from the south and west who wanted to go to war with England in 1812
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treaty of ghent
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treaty between the U.S. and England that ended the war of 1812
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