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| • American statesman and jurist who shaped American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a center of power. • Marshall was Chief Justice of the United States serving from February 4, 1801 • He served in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1799, to June 7, 1800, ○ under President John Adams ○ Secretary of State from June 6, 1800, to March 4, 1801. • Marshall was from the Commonwealth of Virginia and a leader of the Federalist Party. |
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| What was the significance of Marbury v. Madison? |
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- Was a landmark case in United States law.
- It formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution
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| What was the Louisiana Purchase? |
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1803, U.S. purchased from France the Louisiana Territory 2 million sq extending from the Mississippi R. to the Rocky Mtns. 60 million francs, about $15 million Thomas Jeffersons BIGGEST accomplishment
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| What was the significance of the Lewis and Clark expedition? |
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It would be led by Jefferson’s secretary, Meriwether Lewis, and Lewis’ friend,William Clark. Group of 25 men, 1 women Sacagawea York-Black Slave Travel to the middle of the US
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went up in winter time to Missouri River Omaha, Nebraska and ended at the Great Plains On August 20, 1804, the Corps of Discovery suffered its only death when Sergeant Charles Floyd died, apparently from acute appendicitis.
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pregnant when the Corps of Discovery arrived near the Hidatsa villages to spend the winter of 1804 They agreed to hire Charbonneau as an interpreter when they discovered his wife spoke the Shoshone language, as they knew they would need the help of the Shoshone tribes at the headwaters of the Missouri. |
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member of the House of Representatives of the Twelfth Congress of the United States who advocated waging war against Great Britain in the War of 1812. The War Hawks advocated going to war against Britain for interference of the Royal Navy in American shipping believed hurt the American economy and injured American prestige.
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