Chapter 11 the American Pageant

1.patronage: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support

2.war hawks: Southerners and Westerners who were eager for war with Britain. They had a strong sense of nationalism, and they wanted to takeover British land in North America and expand.

3.judicial review: the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and actions of local, state, or national governments unconstitutional

4.impeachment: Formal accusation by the lower house of a legislature against a public official, the first step in removal from office.

5.impressment: British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service

6.economic coercion: Jefferson came up with the Embargo Act which cut off all trade with all countries. Jefferson hoped this would force the English to come to his terms and stop stealing American sailors. This, however, did not work and greatly hurt American trade.

7.Macon's Bill No. 2: opened trade with Britain and France, said if either nation repealed its restrictions on neutral shipping the US would halt trade with the other, didn't work

8.Aaron Burr: Vice President to Thomas Jefferson for one term. Dueled with Alexander Hamilton, resulting in Hamilton's death. Known for his trial and acquittal on charges of treason.

9.Tenskwatawa (the Prophet): A Shawnee Indian leader who with his bro\ther (Tecumseh) brought together many tribes to go against the colonists

10.Tecumseh: Chief of the Shawnee who with his brother (the Prophet, Tenskwatawa) tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement

11.William Clark: American explorer who aided Meriwether Lewis in an expedition through the Louisiana Purchase

12.Meriwether Lewis: partner with William Clark to explore the Louisiana Purchase

13.Henry Clay: Senator from Kentucky. War hawk for the War of 1812, Speaker of the House of Representatives, 34 years old

14.James Monroe: Joined Robert R. Livingston to negotiate with...