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| A very popular leader, he sought to support the average citizen as opposed to the well educated, wealthy elite. Served as President from 1800-1808 and doubled the size of the U.S. with the Louisiana Purchase. |
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| Marbury vs. Madison (1803) |
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| Court case in which William Marbury sued Secretary of State James Madison for not delivering the "midnight" judge appointments of John Adams. The Supreme Court decided in favor of Madison. In doing so, the Court gave itself the power of judicial review (ability to declare a law unconstitutional). |
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| Ability of the court declare a law unconstitutional (unfair). The Supreme Court gave itself this ability in the landmark Marbury vs. Madison case of 1803 |
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| Leader of France determined to take over the world. In order to do so, he needed money. He sold the Louisiana Purchase to the United States in 1803. |
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| The U. S. bought most of the land from the Mississippi Ricver to the Rocky Mountains from France in 1803 for $15 million. Thi doubles the size of the U. S. for very little money (the U.S. was willing to pay $10 million just for the city of New Orleans). |
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| Meriwether Lewis and William Clark |
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| Leaders of the Corps of Discovery, a group of 50 men sent by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase all the way to the Pacific Ocean. They were to make friends with Native Americans along the way, as well as map out the area and take notes/send back new scientific discoveries. Very successful three year trip in which they only lost one man. Guided across the Rockies by young Native American woman, Sacagawea. |
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| Lewis and Clark Expedition |
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| Sent by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase all the way to the Pacific Ocean. They were to make friends with Native Americans along the way, as well as map out the area and take notes/send back new scientific discoveries. Very successful three year trip in which they only lost one man. Guided across the Rockies by young Native American woman, Sacagawea. |
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| Known to the shippers in New England as the Ograbme Act, this law restricted all U.S. trade in response to a war between Britain and France. The U.S. was attempting to trade with both, but finding each side was capturing goods headed to the other. President Jefferson shut down all U.S. trade, hurting business and shipping. |
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| It fixes problems with the Embargo Act. Britain and France were again at war and the U.S. goods were being seized at sea. President James Madison restricted stopped all trade with the two warring countries, but permitted trade everywhere else. |
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| Leader of a Native American army in the mid-western U.S. He was absent when William Henry Harrison attacked his troops and fought to a draw at Tippecanoe. |
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| William Henry Harrison attacks Native Americans at this small Indiana town. They fight to a draw, but Harrison claims victory. He is later elected president and is the first "Tecumseh Curse" victim if you believe in that type of thing. |
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| Leader of the U.S. troops at Tippecanoe, later elected president in 1840 and dies six weeks later (Tecumseh's Curse). |
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| U.S. leaders who want to show the world the U.S. is gaining in power by fighting first the Native Americans in the West and then the British in the War of 1812. |
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| Leader of the War Hawks, he pushes the U.S. towards the War of 1812. |
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| James Madison as President |
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| Two term President (1808-1816) who sees the U.S. fight and tie the War of 1812 with Britain. |
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| U.S. fights Britain in this three year war (1812-1815). U.S. wants to seek revenge for British impressment. The end result is a tie that does not change anything from the beginning of the war but shows the U.S. can withstand a fight from the most powerful nation in the world at the time (of course, Britain was fighting France at the same time for most of the war). |
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| Leader of U.S. troops at the very successful Battle of New Orleans during the War o 1812. Becomes a war hero and later President of the U.S. |
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| The biggest win for the U.S. during the War of 1812, but was fought after the Treaty of Ghent had already been signed. Makes Andrew Jackson a war hero. |
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| Ends the War of 1812. "Status Quo AntiBellum" - everything returns to the way it was before the war. However, because Britain was no longer at war with France, impressment (the main reason for the war in the first place) stopped. |
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