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Chapter 11
Terms, facts, and dates
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History
11th Grade
09/01/2008

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Father of American Navy
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John Adams
Term
Won election of 1800 by majority of 73 electoral votes to 65
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Thomas Jefferson
Term
tied with Jefferson for presidency (technically)
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Aaron Burr
Term
persuaded House members to change votes from Burr to Jefferson
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Hamilton and Adams
Term
peaceful transfer of power; Republicans were more of the "people's party" compared to the Federalists
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Revolution of 1800
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Thomas Jefferson inaugurated President in new capital of Washington D.C.
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March 4, 1801
Term
Jefferson enacted new naturalization law that returned the years needed for an immigrant to become a citizen from 14 to 5 (year)
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1802
Term
new secretary of the treasury who reduced national debt substantially while balancing the budget
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Albert Gallatin
Term
passed by Federalists in last days of Congressional domination in 1801 and packed newly created judgeships with Federalist-backing men, so as to prolong their legacy
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Judiciary Act
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a cousin of Jefferson who served at Valley Forge during war and had been impressed with the drawbacks of no central authority, and thus, became a lifelong Federalist, committed to strengthening power of federal government
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Chief Justice John Marshall
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Secretary of State James Madison got rid of Marbury's position, so Marbury sued; resulted in judicial review
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Marbury v. Madison (1803)
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origin of pirates who looted US ships
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North African Barbary States
Term
indirectly declared war when he cut down flagstaff of American consulate
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pasha of Tripoli
Term
exploits in war with ship Intrepid made him a hero
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Stephen Decatur
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$60,000 treaty acquired from Tripoli (year)
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1805
Term
Napoleon secretly induced king of Spain to cede Louisiana territory to France
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1800
Term
Spaniards at New Orleans withdrew right of deposit guaranteed by Pinckney Treaty of 1795
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1802
Term
Monroe was sent by Jefferson to join regular minister Robert R. Livingston to buy New Orleans and as much land to the east of the river for a total of $10 million, tops
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1803
Term
led rebellion in Haiti
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Toussaint L'Ouverture
Term
Louisiana Purchase finalized
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April 30, 1803
Term
Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore Louisiana Territory
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1804
Term
Zebulon Pike trekked to headwaters of Mississippi River
Definition
1805-06
Term
Burr arrested for treason, but two necessary witnesses were missing
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1806
Term
reason why England owned sea
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Battle of Trafalgar
Term
reason why France owned land
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Battle of Austerlitz
Term
closed ports under French continental control to foreign shipping, including American, unless they stopped at a British port first
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Orders in Council
Term
forbade export of all goods from US to any foreign nation, regardless of whether they were transported in American or foreign ships
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Embargo Act
Term
Embargo Act repealed by Congress
Definition
March 1, 1809
Term
permitted American trade with all the world; also promised American restoration or trade to France and/or England if either dropped their commercial restrictions
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Macon's Bill No. 2
Term
Henry Clay appointed to Speaker of the House
Definition
1811
Term
young aggressive Congressmen who cried out against Indian threat on frontier
Definition
War Hawks
Term
two Shawnee brothers who urged followers to give up textile clothing for traditional buckskin, arguing eloquently for Indians not to acknowledge white man's ownership of land
Definition
Tecumseh and the Prophet
Term
Harrison advanced upon Tecumseh's headquarters at Tippecanoe, killed the Prophet, and burned camp to the ground
Definition
November 7, 1811
Term
Jackson crushed Creek Indians at Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Definition
March 27, 1814
Term
war where a disunited America fought Old and New England, since Britain was the enemy while New England tried everything they could do to frustrate American ambitions in the war
Definition
War of 1812
Term
Hamiltonian economic measure repealed by Jefferson and Gallatin
Definition
excise tax
Term
action Jefferson took toward Republican martyrs convicted under the Federalist Sedition Law
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pardon
Term
derogatory Republican term for Federalist judges appointed at last minute by President Adams
Definition
midnight judges
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