Early American Republic: Jeffersonian Era and Territorial Expansion

Vocabulary flashcards covering the Jeffersonian presidency, the establishment of judicial review under John Marshall, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Andrew Jackson

The self-made figure born in a log cabin who came to epitomize the common man prior to the American Civil War and later campaigned against and killed the Bank of the United States.

Election of 1800

The election that resulted in a peaceful transfer of power and initiated a less pretentious style of presidential leadership under Thomas Jefferson.

John Marshall

The chief justice of the Supreme Court appointed by John Adams who served for 34 years (until 1834) and established judicial review.

Judicial review

An implied power of the Supreme Court, not explicitly detailed in the Constitution, that was given real teeth by Chief Justice John Marshall to rule congressional acts unconstitutional.

Marbury v. Madison

The 1803 Supreme Court case over an Adams judicial commission where Chief Justice John Marshall declared a section of the Judiciary Act unconstitutional.

Port of New Orleans

The key commercial outlet on the Mississippi River that Thomas Jefferson originally sought to negotiate the purchase of from France to protect American trade.

Louisiana Purchase

The 1803 land acquisition wherein Napoleon sold the entire Louisiana territory to the United States for the price of $15,000,000$.

Lewis and Clark expedition

The 1804 to 1806 expedition sent to explore the newly acquired Louisiana territory and search for a commercial water route linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Corps of Discovery

The group of 50 men who departed Saint Louis in 1804 in a keelboat and two canoes to travel north along the Missouri River.

Mandan Indians

The Native American group near present-day Washburn, North Dakota with whom the Corps of Discovery spent their longest stationary winter in 1804–1805.

Northwest Passage

A historically sought commercial water route across North America intended to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for trade.