Chapter 9 study guide

-James Monroe went to France in 1803 to purchase New Orleans and some
surrounding territory.
-The result of the Battle of Thames was that the British lost control of Detroit.
-The U.S. declared war on the British in the War of 1812 because the British forced
American soldiers to serv in the Royal Navy.
-The battle at Fort McHenry was the inspiration for Francis Key to write “The Star
Spangled Banner”.
-Judicial review is the Supreme Court’s right to invalidate a law that is unconstitutional.
-The terms of the Treaty of Fort Wayne was that Native Americans were to sell 2.9
billion acres of land to the U.S. for less than a penny an acre.
-The Embargo Act of 1807 affected the U.S. Economy by decreasing revenues made
through customs.
-Tecumseh established Prophetstown in Indiana Territory.
-President Jefferson believed that the Louisiana Purchase would benefit farmers.
-The purpose of the British policy of impressment was to expand the size of the British
navy.
-The Non-Importation Act served the purpose of banning British imports.
-The British responded to the Non-Importation Act by firing on U.S. coastal towns.
-New England farmers were particularly impacted by the Embargo Act of 1807.
-Federalists in Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1801 to limit Thomas Jefferson’s
influence on the Supreme Court.
-The Treaty of Ghent gave the U.S. territory it lost during the war.
-Marbury v. Madison helped establish judicial review.
-Thomas Jefferson promoted unity between the Federalists and the Democratic-
Republicans by leaving the National Bank intact.
-Toussaint L’Ouverture led a revolution to free the enslaved in Saint Domingue in 1791.

-Napoleon sold the Louisiana Territory to the U.S. because he didn’t think it was
valuable after losing Saint Domingue.
-Spain returned Louisiana to France because they decided that it was too expensive to
maintain and unprofitable.
-Jefferson emphasized unity in his inaugural address.
-British troops attacked New Orleans after the Treaty of Ghent was signed.
-Tecumseh wanted to form a confederation of Native American tribes to stop the
destruction of native economies.
-The ending of the war between Britain and France brought about an increase of British
troops in the War of 1812.
-Thomas Jefferson was regarded as a man of conflicting values because he wrote
about equality in the Declaration of Independence but he enslaved over 100 people.
-Thomas Jefferson had some misgivings about the Louisiana Purchase because he
thought it might be unconstitutional.
-Americans burning Prophetstown was the final act of the Battle of Tippecanoe.
-Hamilton’s support helped Jefferson win the election of 1800.
-Tecumseh was the Shawnee chief who helped form a confederacy of Native American
tribes in the early 1800’s.
-War between Britain and France affected the American shipping industry by having
both countries attempt to block ships to enter enemy ports.
-An effect of the Battle of Tippecanoe was that it convinced War Hawks it was
necessary to take arms against the British.
-James Monroe went to France to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase.
-The British burned the White House during the War of 1812.
-James Madison’s winning the election of 1808, while being endorsed by Jefferson,
supported the idea that Jefferson was a popular president.
-Jefferson kept a Federalist practice by maintaining a national bank after he was
elected.
-John Adams appointed “midnight judges” just before leaving office.

-The major outcome of the case Marbury v. Madison was that it expanded the power of
the Supreme Court.
-Alexander Hamilton helped Thomas Jefferson win the presidency over Aaron Burr.