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| How did Thomas Jefferson ease the transition from Federalist to a Republican Presidency? |
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| -In his inaugural address, he declared, “Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.… We are all Republicans- we are all Federalists.” He also made the wise decision to balance the parties over time instead of laying-off Federalists to replace them with officials from the Republican Party. |
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| Who was Jefferson’s secretary of state? |
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| What federalist served as chief justice of the Supreme Court during Jefferson’s Presidency? |
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| Name the case in which the above chief justice made his most important precedent-setting decision. |
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| Why were Americans concerned about Napoleon’s plans for Louisiana? |
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| -They were afraid that they would lose access to New Orland’s which had major ports and was a main-line for trade. They also feared conflict with France and many were concerned that Napoleon planned to overtake the young America. |
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| How much money did the United States pay for the Louisiana Territory. |
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| - Approximately $15 million |
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| What two men led the expedition which explored the Louisiana Territory and the land beyond, all the way to the Pacific coast? |
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| -Meriwether Lewis and Williams Clark |
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| Name the Shoshoni squaw who acted as an interpreter and served as a guide for Lewis and Clark. |
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| Who served as Jefferson’s Vice President and later plotted to create his own empire in the American Southwest? |
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| What was the British practice of forcing sailors into the Royal Navy? |
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| -When a naval captain needed more men, he would send a gang to a local pub to drag back some “recruits”. If he were at sea, he would stop a British merchant ship and force some of its men into his crew. He also had the right to stop foreign merchant ships and remove any British subjects. (Impressments) |
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| Name the act which in effect cut off all American foreign trade. |
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| Explain how Jefferson’s Embargo Act nearly destroyed the American economy. |
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| -Because our country depended financially on other countries, also without exports the government lost a large bit of money because they were not making money of the tariffs. |
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| How did Napoleon trap the United States into open conflict with England? |
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| -He used the Macon Bill to deceive the two countries. |
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| Name the Shawnee chief who led a great confederacy of tribes against white settlers in the West. |
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| List Madison’s four reasons for declaring war on Great Britain |
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-The impressments of American seamen
-The violation of American rights within American territorial waters
-The violation of America’s neutral trade rights by the orders in council
-The stirring of the frontier Indians |
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| In what ways was America unprepared for war with England in 1812? |
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| -We were not finically ready nor did we have enough trained man power (military) |
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| Name the tough frontiersman who defeated the creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. |
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| What treaty ended the War of 1812? |
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| How did the War of 1812 benefit America? |
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| -We gained the respect of foreign nations for stand up to the ‘bullies’ of the seas. When we stopped trading we were forced to stop being so reliant on Britain so in turn the war ended up forcing us to expand and become and truly independent and a self reliant nation. This in turn created a spirit of nations. Also another benefit from the war was we were motivated to settle west. |
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| -Third President of the United States of America |
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| -President Thomas Jefferson appointed him as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |
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| -Jefferson new minister in France |
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| Meriwether Lewis and William Clark |
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| - Two men who led the expedition that explored the Louisiana Territory and the land beyond, all the way to the Pacific coast |
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| -Explored the upper Mississippi River |
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| -A man who plotted to create a Western Empire |
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| -Lieutenant of the U.S. Navy |
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| -Fourth President of the United States of America |
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| - Shawnee chief who led a great confederacy of tribes against white settlers in the West |
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| - The governor of the Indian Territory |
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| - He was a captain that led a group of American in building their own fleet out wood to attack a British squadron on Lake Eire |
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| -Wrote “The Star- Spangled Banner” |
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| - A tough frontiersman who defeated the creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend |
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| -A famous Frenchmen who was the leader of a band of pirates |
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| -At the end of Adams term he signed a few last minute commissions and when Jefferson came to office he didn’t agree. Jefferson had the commissions withheld, depriving the judges of their new positions. |
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| - A plot to make a western empire created by Aaron Burr |
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| -A war in response to pirates form that Barbary States |
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| -A battle between France and England that somehow the U.S. got in the middle to do. |
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| The Leopard open fire on Chesapeake because the refuse to allow them to search for deserter |
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| -No American goods could be traded with France and England for a short time, in hopes of forcing them to all be at peace. |
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| -Forbade trade with England and France but reopened American commerce with the rest of the world. |
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| American statesmen who had to go back to war with Britain to defend our honor |
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| -A battle against the Indians |
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| -The most important naval engagement on the great lakes during the war |
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| -A battle on Thames river where the Indian leader Tecumseh was killed, ending the Indian confederacy |
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| -A Nickname for the Constitution |
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| -In the Mississippi territory where they drove the British away from Pensacola |
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| -A group of men who never actually “nullified” any acts to congress |
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| -It was basically a cease fire. |
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