Jefferson's Presidency and the Louisiana Purchase

Adams

President before Jefferson

Marbury vs. Madison

First Supreme Court case

Judicial review

System allowing Supreme Court to review cases for constitutionality

France

Country from which the Louisiana Territory was purchased

Mississippi River and New Orleans port for trade

Reason Americans wanted the Louisiana Territory

15 million

Amount the U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory for

Lewis and Clark

Explorers sent to explore the Louisiana Territory

Missouri

River Lewis and Clark were supposed to find the source of

Rocky Mountains

Mountain range Lewis and Clark were supposed to find a route over

Sacajawea

Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark

Guide and interpreter

Two purposes served by Sacajawea for Lewis and Clark

Zebulon Pike

Explorer who explored the southwest part of the Louisiana Territory

Became the governor of Missouri and raised Sacajawea's children

What happened to William Clark after his exploration

He needed money to pay for the war with Great Britain

Reason Napoleon Bonaparte was willing to sell the Louisiana Territory

Writer, gardening, architect, linguist

Hobby of Jefferson

Get the U.S. out of debt, encourage agriculture and trade, preserve the country's credit

Promises Jefferson made to America

Log plant and animal species

Instruction given to Lewis and Clark for their trip

fifteen states

Approximate number of states included in the Louisiana Territory

Corp of Discovery

Name of Lewis and Clark's expedition west

Democratic-Republican 2 terms

Jefferson's political party and number of terms served

Pike's Peak

mountain in the Colorado Rockies discovered by Zebulon Pike