Jefferson Democracy, 1800-1814

1. Navigating the development of the first national court system, expanding what he saw as they agrarian republic, and reducing the size of government were the domestic policies of whom?
Jefferson
2. Jefferson proposed two major cutbacks. This was one cutback area.
Military
3. Two of the most important developments in U.S. judicial history came about during this time. One being that _________ was not a crime. Partnership
4. Court decision declaring that William Marbury deserved his appointment but that the Court could not force the president to grant it because a federal law was unconstitutional.
Marbury vs. Madison
5. Right of the courts to judge the constitutionality of federal laws; this established the Supreme Court as the ultimate interpreter of constitutional questions. Doctrine of judicial review
6. Who did Jefferson purchase the city of New Orleans from?
Frane
7. The United States needed to control of New Orleans in order to have control over this river.
Mississippi river
8. Tract of 830,000 square miles that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains; Jefferson bought the rights to it from Napoleon for $15 million in 1803. Louisiana purchase
9. These two men were credited for the westward journey in which they learned an immense amount of information about the American West.
Lewis and Clark
10. This act set up land-selling offices in the West, made smaller and more affordable parcels, and allowed for payment over time rather than all at one time.
Land act of 1800
11. Upon his defeat of winning the governor’s race, this man challenged Alexander Hamilton to a duel in which the man shot and killed Hamilton. Aaron Burr
12. Legislation, during the Jefferson democracy, that stopped American exports from going to Europe and prohibited American ships from trading to foreign ports. This act was a failure.
Embargo act of 1807
13. Congress repealed the Embargo Act and replaced it with this act.
Non-intercourse act
14. The United States declared war against this “empire” on June 12, 1812. British
15. A violation of neutrality rights, impressment, Napoleon’s smarts, and battles for the West were four for reason for this war.
War of 1812
16. This battle in Alabama, in March 1814, Jackson’s troops forces the Creek Indians to accept a treaty that ceded their best lands to the Americans. Horseshoe bend
17. American troops serving under Andrew Jackson at this battle at New Orleans did not suffer as many casualties as the British did. Jackson became an instant national hero and a symbol of America’s determination to be permanently independent of Great Britain.
Battle of New Orleans
18. Meeting of New England Federalists in 1814 where they proposed constitutional amendments limiting the government’s ability to restrict American commerce and repealing the three-fifths clause to limit the power of the South in Congress.
Hartford convention
19. This treaty ended the War of 1812. Treaty of Ghent
20. The War of 1812 was significant in that it unified America’s role in world affairs, it unified the nation and boosted American patriotism, in politics ii affirmed the importance of a strong national government, and it ______________. Vacated the British from the west
21. The conclusion of the War of 1812 meant that Britain would no longer impede settlement in the American interior, leaving the United States free to expand to this area.
West
22. This was the name of the first American magazine that made a mark on society in 1815. North American Review
23. This man designed Monticello where he also lived.
Thomas Jefferson