Kosky U.S. History Jefferson & Madison

Thomas Jefferson

1st Sec. of State, 2nd VP, 3rd
President of US, Dem- Republican, Strict Constructionist, 1st president inaugurated in Washington, DC

12th amedment

Requires each elector to the Electoral College to cast a ballot for both a president and a vice president

Marbury vs Madison

Supreme Court case that established judicial review

John Marshall

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who created judicial review

Juditial review

Supreme Court ruling that gave the court authority to invalidate any law deemed unconstitutional

Napolean

The emperor of France who sold the Louisiana Territory to the US in 1803

Toussaint L’Ouverture

Formerly enslaved man who led a successful rebellion against the French to free slaves in Haiti in 1791

Louisiana purchase

Jefferson paid $15,000,000 to France for the Louisiana Territory, 828,000 square miles from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountain in 1803, doubled the size of the US

Corps of discovery

The group of men who undertook the expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase

Lewis and Clark

The leaders of the Corps of Discovery

Sacagawea

Shoshone woman who served as an interpreter for the Corps of Discovery

Results of the corps of discovery

The Corps gathered much new scientific, geographical, and geological knowledge of the American West including 122 new species of animals, 178 new varieties of plants, and many detailed maps

Aaron burr

Jefferson’s VP who killed A. Hamilton in a duel and was tried for and acquitted of treason

Embargo act of 1807

Prohibited American exports to any country and most British imports

James Madison

The Sec. of State under Jefferson, 4th president of US

Dolley Madison

1st Lady who transformed the White House into a true executive mansion and saved many important documents and a portrait of Washington before the British burned the White House

James Monroe

The Sec. of State under Madison who failed to ease tensions over British trade with diplomacy

Tecumseh

Shawnee chief who attempted to build an alliance among Native Americans to protect their lands against the US, was killed at the Battle of the Thames

William Henry Harrison

Governor of Indiana Territory, victor of the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe against Native Americans in Indiana

War hawks

Those in Congress in 1811 who called for war with Britain

Henry Clay

War Hawk from Kentucky, Speaker of the House

John C. Calhoun

War Hawk, Congressman from South Carolina

War of 1812

War between US and Britain from 1812-1814, US declared war due to British harassment of US ships on the high seas, impressment of US sailors and British influence on N. Americans in the West, known as the “2nd American Revolution” since it forced Britain to respect the independence of the US

Fracis scott key

Author of the “Star Spangled Banner,” written while held on a British ship during the British shelling of Fort McHenry in Maryland

Fort McHenry

Maryland fort that survived a bombardment by the British Navy

The british burning of washington

August 1814 the British burned Washington DC and the Executive Mansion (the White House)

The USS constitution “Old iron size”

US naval victory where US frigate gained its nickname “Old Iron Sides” after sinking the HMS Guerriere off of the coast of Nova Scotia

Oliver hazard perry

US naval commander who defeated the British at the Battle of Put-in- Bay

Battle of put-in-bay

Naval battle where US seized control of Lake Erie

Andrew Jackson

US General who won the Battle of New Orleans

Battle of new orleans

US victory on Jan. 8 1815.
Was fought after peace had been declared, British suffered 2,000 casualties, 13 US were killed

Treaty of ghent

Treaty that ended the War of 1812, negotiated on Christmas Eve 1814

Embargo

A government order to ban trade with a particular nation or halt the trading of a specified product