APUSH Ch. 11 vocab
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John Adams
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2nd President of the United States (1735-1826)
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Electoral college
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a body of electors chosen by the voters in each state to elect the President and vice President of the U.S.
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Aaron Burr
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United States politician who served as vice president under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836)
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\"Revolution of 1800\"
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Thomas Jefferson won the election of 1800 by a majority of 73 electoral votes to 65, and even though Adams got more popular votes, Jefferson got New York. But, even though Jefferson triumphed, in a technicality he and Aaron Burr tied for presidency.
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Thomas Jefferson
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3rd President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it
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Alien and Sedition Acts (repeal of)
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repeal of must live in US for 5 years now instead of 14 years.
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Excise tax (repeal of)
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repeal of a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
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Albert Gallatin
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U.S. secretary of the treasury
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Judiciary Act of 1801
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represented an effort to solve an issue in the U.S. Supreme Court during the early 19th century.
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John Marshall
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United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835)
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William Marbury
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was one of the \"midnight judges\" appointed by United States President John Adams the day before he left office.
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James Madison (Secretary of State)
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4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836)
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Marbury v. Madison (1803)
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he though he would become supreme court judge, when he was denied he sued. was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution.
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Samuel Chase
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was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland.
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Barbary Pirates (1801)
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were pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa, based primarily in the ports of Tunis, Tripoli and Algiers.
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Tripolitan War
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also known as the the First Barbary War or the Barbary Coast War, was the first of two wars fought between the United States and the Northwest African Berber Muslim states.
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New Orleans/right of deposit
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Such deposit privileges were vital to the frontier farmers who floated their goods down the Mississippi River to its mouth to await oceangoing vessels.
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Louisiana Territory
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an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805 until June 4, 1812, when it was renamed to Missouri Territory.
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Napoleon
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offered to sell New Orleans and the land west of it, Louisiana, for a bargain of $15 million, thereby abandoning his dream of a French North American empire.
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James Monroe/Robert Livingston
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Jefferson sent these two men to buy New Orleans and as much land to the east of the river for a total of $10 million, tops.
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Santo Domingo
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the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic.
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Toussaint L'Ouverture
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led the rebellion in Haiti, which had been unsuccessful, but had killed many French troops due to yellow fever.
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Louisiana Purchase (1803)
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territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada
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Meriwether Lewis
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United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809)
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William Clark
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United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River; Clark was responsible for making maps of the area (1770-1838)
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Sacajawea
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the Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way
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Zebulon Pike
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trekked to the headwaters of the Mississippi River in 1805-06 and ventured to the southern portion of Louisiana, Spanish land in the southwest, and sighted Pike's Peak.
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Aaron Burr conspiracies
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Federalists tried to scheme with him to make New England and New York secede from the union; in the process he killed Hamilton in a duel, was arrested for treason, but the necessary two witnesses were nowhere to be found.
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1804 election
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pitted incumbent Democratic-Republican President Thomas Jefferson against Federalist Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
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British Orders in Council (1806)
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were a series of decrees made by the United Kingdom in the course of the wars with Napoleonic France which instituted its policy of commercial warfare.
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Impressment of sailors
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refers to the act of taking men into a navy by force and with or without notice.
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Chesapeake incident (1807)
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a royal frigate the Leopard confronted the U.S. frigate,about 10 miles off the coast of Virginia, and the British captain ordered the seizure of four alleged deserters. When the American commander refused, the U.S. ship received three devastating broadsides that killed 3 Americans and wounded 18. In an incident in which England was clearly wrong, Jefferson still clung to peace.
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Embargo Act (1807)
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forbade the export of all goods from the United States to any foreign nation, regardless of whether they were transported in American or foreign ships.
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Non-Intercourse Act (1809)
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reopened trade with all the nations of the world, except France and England.
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Two-term tradition
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George Washington sent this by not running to be President for the third time.
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James Madison (President 1809)
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4th President of the United States
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Macon's Bill No. 2
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became law in the United States on May 1, 1810, was intended to motivate Britain and France to stop seizing American vessels during the Napoleonic Wars.
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\"War Hawks\"
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term used in politics for someone favoring war in a debate over whether to go to war.
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Henry Clay
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United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
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Tecumseh (Shawnee chief)
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tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)
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Gen. William Henry Harrison
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was the ninth President of the United States (1841), an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office.
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Battle of Tippecanoe (1811)
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between United States forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American warriors associated with the Shawnee leader Tecumseh.
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War declaration (1812)
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a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States and those of the British Empire.
