1789-1830 section 4
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- tariff
- tax on imported goods
- Judicial Review
- the authority to review laws and declare them unconstitutional if neccessary
- Louisiana Purchase
- when America bought Louisiana from Napoleon for $15 millon. this increased the debt for America.
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
- began in the Spring of 1804. searching for river routes to the western ocean, making contact with the Native Americans, and gathering information about the region's natural resources. they hired a french-canadian fur trapper and his wife Sacajwea, a shoshone indian, as interpreters. they reached the pasific ocean in 1805 and returned in 1806
- embargo
- restriction of trade with other countries
- War of 1812
- we declare war on England. We lose.
- Treaty od Ghent
- ends the war of 1812
- Monroe Doctrine
- warned other nations against any colonization efforts in the Americas in 1823
- Depression
- severe economic downturn in 1819. London demanded that American Debts be paid up. (called a panic back then)
- capital
- wealth that can be used to produce goods and make money
- missouri comprimise
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1. slavery would be permitted in Missouri
2. slavery would not be permitted in some of the northern states - Nullification Crisis
- SC didn't pay the new tax on imports
- indian removal act
- 1830. Andrew Jackson gave the Indians land in the west in exchange for what was taken from them in the east.
- trail of tears
- men, women, and children began a 116 day forced march wastward in groups of about 1000