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Impressment is

• The capturing of US sailors and forcing them to work for the British
• Selling US sailors
• Capturing US sailors
• The French capturing US sailors and forcing them to work for them.

1793 a statement made by President George Washington that the United States would not side with any of the nations at war in Europe following the French Revolution

• Loose Constructionist
• Strict Constructionist
• National Debt
• Neutrality Proclamation 

These laws were aimed at immigrants to prevent them for voting for the democratic-republican party

• Alien and Sedition Acts
• Intolerable Acts
• Midnight Appointments
• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Why was the port of New Orleans so important?

• It was the best place to go fishing
• It was a party town
• It was the Catholic headquaters
• It was the main center for trade along the Mississippi river

The Embargo Act of 1807

• banned all U.S. imports and exports
• increased the amount of exports to France
• placed a heavy tax on all imported goods
• led to war with England

In 1803, Jefferson purchased this tract of land from France for 15 million dollars, doubling the size of the United States

• Ohio Territory
• Louisiana Territory
• Oregon Territory
• Texas

The power of the Supreme Court to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional is called

• judicial review
• jurisdiction
• authority of the courts
• an embargo

What group explored the Louisiana Territory and lands west?

• Pike expedition
• Cartier expedition
• Sam and Dean journey
• Lewis and Clark expedition

What was the Embargo Act?

• (1805) A law that prohibited American merchants from trading with other countries.
• (1807) A law that prohibited American merchants from trading with other countries.
• (1823) A petition that prohibited American merchants from trading with other countries.
• (1810) A dragon that prohibited American merchants from trading with other countries.

What does embargo mean?

• The banning of trade
• To seize.
• To restock, or support other countries.
• To arrest.