Critical Supreme Court decision established the principle of judicial review, stating that the Supreme Court has the right to review all federal laws and decisions and declare whether or not they are constitutional.
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Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Massive land purchase from Emperor Napoleon of France that virtually doubled the size of the United States.
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Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804)
Expedition that discovered much about the western part of the North American continent and the economic possibilities there.
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War of 1812
War between the British and the Americans over the British seizure of American ships, connections between the British and Native American tribes, and other tensions.
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American System
Plan proposed by Senator Henry Clay and others to make America economically independent by increasing industrial production in the United States and by the creation of a Second National Bank.
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Missouri Compromise (1820)
Political solution devised to keep the number of slave states and free states equal; Missouri entered the Union as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state.
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1800
Thomas Jefferson elected president in “Revolution of 1800”
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1801
John Marshall named chief justice of the Supreme Court
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1801
Alien and Sedition Acts not renewed
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1803
Louisiana Purchase Marbury v. Madison established federal judicial review
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1804
Alexander Hamilton killed in duel with Aaron Burr
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1804
Thomas Jefferson reelected
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1804
Twelfth Amendment ratified
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1804
Beginning of Lewis and Clark expedition
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1807
Embargo Act greatly harms foreign trade
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1808
James Madison elected president
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1808
Further importation of slaves into the United States made illegal
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1812
Beginning of the War of 1812
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1814
British army sacks Washington
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1814
Treaty of Ghent formally ends the War of 1812
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1814
Native American removal from Southern territories begins in earnest
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Hartford Convention (meeting of Federalists)
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1815
Victory of Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans
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1815
Henry Clay proposes the American System
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1816
James Monroe elected president
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Era of Good Feelings
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1820
Missouri Compromise
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Charles Pinckney of South Carolina
He ran as the Federalist candidate for vice president of election of 1800
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Thomas Jefferson
he was again the Republican candidate for president for election of 1800
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Aaron Burr of New York
He was the Republican running for the vice presidency in th election of 1800
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Twelfth Amendment
In 1804, the ______ allowed Electoral College members to vote separately for the president and vice president during this political crisis.
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Revolution of 1800
The *election of 1800* is often known as the _____.
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Midnight appointments
Appointing someone to a political office in the last hours of their term.
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James Madison
Jefferson's secretary of state, refused to deliver Marbury's appointment letter. Marbury sued for his letter.
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Judiciary Act of 1789
Marshall disliked Madison's action but ruled against Marbury, arguing that the ______ provision that allowed Marbury to sue was unconstitutional.
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Jefferson funded the _____ to explore the newly acquired Louisiana.
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Essex Junto
A New England Federalist extremist group, denounced Jefferson's "decline in public virtue."
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Parisian revolutionary monster
Senator Thomas Pickering of Massachusetts called the president a "___________."
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Charles C. Pinckney
In 1804, the Federalists nominated ______ to run against Jefferson, but he only won 14 electoral votes.
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Aaron Burr
He realized he could no longer influence the Jefferson administration after his disloyalty during the 1800 electoral crisis.
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**James Wilkinson**
Burr served as vice president and traveled west while under indictment for murder in New York and New Jersey. He plotted a Mexican uprising with the unscrupulous general __________ and others.
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John Marshall
Jefferson wanted Burr convicted, but Chief Justice ________, who presided over the trial, was unconvinced.
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British trade
Napoleon's Continental System banned ______.
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Chesapeake
In 1807, a British warship fired on the U.S.S. ______, forcing it to strike its colors before capturing four of its crew.
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1807 Embargo Act
Jefferson convinced the Republican-controlled Congress to pass the _______, which banned American exports.
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Non-Intercourse
Madison supported the _______ Act, which allowed Americans to trade with all nations except Britain and France.
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War Hawks
Henry Clay of Kentucky was one of the leaders of these “______.”
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trans-Appalachian Native Americans
Tecumseh and the Prophet rallied ___________ against American settlement.
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William Henry Harrison
In 1811, Indiana Governor _______ led 1,000 men against Prophetstown, built by Tecumseh and his brother.
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Battle of the Thames
In 1813, William Henry Harrison defeated British and Native Americans at the _________ near Detroit after an American naval victory on Lake Erie.
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Andrew Jackson
__________'s Tennessee militia defeated the Creeks in a series of bloody battles.
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Star-Spangled Banner
"The _________" was inspired by a Baltimore retaliation.
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Andrew Jackson
In January 1815, he defeated a British army trying to seize New Orleans.
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**Treaty of Ghent**
Napoleon's defeat ended the British blockade and impressment, and both sides were exhausted. The status quo ante ended the war in the **_________**.
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**Era of Good Feelings**
In 1816, **James Monroe** was easily elected president and served two terms. 1816–1823 was the __________.
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slave state
Slavery became a major political issue for the first time in 1819 when Missouri asked to enter the Union as a __________.
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Northwest Ordinance
This barred slavery from the Northwest Territory.
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Eli Whitey
His invention of the *cotton gin* had made cotton a lucrative cash crop.
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Henry Clay
The speaker of the house, resolved the issue in 1820 with the Missouri Compromise.
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