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chapter 10
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Social Studies
8th Grade
01/25/2013

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laissez faire
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idea that government should pay as small a role as possible in economic affairs
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free market
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economic system in which individuals, rather than the government, decide what and how much to produce and sell
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Marbury vs Madison
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1803 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it had the power to decide whether laws passed by the Congress
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judical review
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Power of the Supreme Court to decide whether acts of a President or laws passed by Congress are constitutional
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expedition
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long voyage of exploration
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continental divide
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mountain ridge that separates river system flowing toward opposite sides of a continent
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impressment
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Practice of forcing people into military service
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embargo
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ban on trade
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War Hawks
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members of Congress from the South and West who called for war with Britain prior to the War of 1812
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nationalism
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devotion to one's country
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Battle of New Orleans
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at the end of the war of 1812, a battle between British and American forces that ended in an American victory
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Treaty of Ghent
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peace treaty signed by Britain and the United States at the end of the war of 1812
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