APUSH UNIT 3 CHAPTER 10

The "Revolution of 1800" was the 1800 United States presidential election where Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson defeated Federalist incumbent John Adams, marking the first peaceful transfer of power between opposing political parties in U.S. history.

judiciary act of 1801

law passed by the outgoing Fed.-controlled Congress on February 13, 1801, to reorganize fed. court system & pack it w/members of their own political party b4 Jefferson took office.

midnight judes

group of Fed. lifetime judicial appointees named by outgoing Adams in final days of his administration.

marbury v Madison

case that established principle of judicial review, giving fed. courts the power to strike down acts of Congress and executive actions that violate the U.S. Constitution.

tripolitan war

conflict where the US fought against Ottoman Tripolitania over pirate raids and tribute demands.

louisiana purchase

US bought about 828,000 square miles of territory from France for $15 million.

corps of discovery

specially established unit of the U.S. Army that formed the core of historic Lewis and Clark Expedition

orders in council

form of legislation issued by representatives of the Crown (such as a monarch or governor-general) upon the advice and consent of a privy council or executive cabinet.

impressment

the practice of forcibly taking men into military or naval service through intimidation or physical coercion.

chesapeake affair

a naval engagement on June 22, 1807, off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, where the HMS Leopard attacked & boarded USS Chesapeake in search of Royal Navy deserters.

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embargo act

banned American ships from trading with any foreign ports. 

non-intercousre act

foreign trade law passed in 1809 or the series of Native American land and trade laws passed between 1790 and 1834.

macons bill no 2

reopened trade with Britain and France while trying to stop them from attacking American ships.

war hawks

group of young U.S. politicians elected in 1810 who pushed the country to start the War of 1812 against Great Britain instead of using peaceful diplomacy.

battle of tippecane

, in present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, resulting in a U.S. victory that broke the power of Tecumseh’s Native American confederacy.

Jeff

Amer. Founding Father, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and 3rd president of the US

john marshall

American statesman, Founding Father, and the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, serving from 1801 until his death.

napoleon Bonaparte

French military general and emperor.

toussaint L’Overture

the principal military and political leader of the Haitian Revolution and a major figure in the abolition of slavery.

meriweather lewis

was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition,

william Clark

American explorer, soldier, and frontiersman best known for co-leading the historic Lewis and Clark Expedition with Meriwether Lewis from 1804 to 1806.

Aaron Burr

American politician, lawyer, and the third Vice President of the United States who served under President Thomas Jefferson from 1801 to 1805.

james Madison

a Founding Father and the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison was a statesman and diplomat.

tecumseh

“shooting star” or “panther across the sky” in the Shawnee language.

tenskwatawa

Tenskwatawa translates to "The Open Door" in the Shawnee language.