APUSH Semester final

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Electoral victory of Democratic Republicans over the Federalists, who lost their Congressional majority and the presidency. The peaceful transfer of power between rival parties solidified faith in America's political system. What is this event?

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Election of 1800

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Chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; responsible for the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it; third President of the US

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Thomas Jefferson

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Supreme Court case that established the principle of "judicial review"—the idea that the Supreme Court had the final authority to determine Constitutionality.

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Marbury v Madison

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Chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principle of Constitutional Law applies throughout the nation.

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John Marshall

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Acquisition of land from France for 15 million dollars. The purchase more than doubled the territory of the United States, opening vast tracts for settlement.

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Louisiana Purchase

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A famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against increasing white settlement.

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Tecumseh

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4th President of the United States; member Constitutional Convention; father of the Constitution, President during War of 1812

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James Madison

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Henry Clay's three-pronged system to promote US industry; Clay advocated a strong banking system, a protective tariff, and a federally funded transportation network

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American System

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Preserved the balance between North and South by carving free-soil Maine out of Massachusetts and prohibiting slavery from territories acquired in the Louisiana Purchase, north of the line 36'30'

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Missouri Compromise

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American policy that European powers are to refrain from seeking any new territories in the Americas after 1823.

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Monroe Doctrine