Vocab - Adams & Jefferson

What did Sacagawea do?

• Acted as translator and guide for Lewis and Clark.

• Discovered the Pacific Ocean

• Led a rebellion against the British

• Established the first American colony in the West

What does impressment mean?

• To be overwhelmed by someone's skill or talent

• To show admiration for someone

• To force men to join the navy against their will.

• To express strong approval of something

What did Marbury v. Madison establish?

• impressment

• embargo

• political parties

• judicial review

What did the Sedition Act do?

• Allow the government to close schools

• Make it illegal to criticize the government

• Increase taxes on citizens

• Grant the president the power to suspend habeas corpus

What did the Nonintercourse Act do?

• Allowed trade with Britain and France

• Forbid trade with Britain and France

• Established a national bank

• Established a national currency

What did the Embargo Act do?

• Allowed the United States to become a major player in international affairs

• Restrict trade in and out of America

• Established the United Nations

• Established the European Union

What did the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions say?

• Said states had the power to declare federal laws unconstitutional.

• Called for the creation of a new federal government.

• Declared that the states should secede from the Union.

• Declared that the federal government should be abolished.

What is Judicial Review?

• A State's power to secede.

• Congress's power to impeach the president.

• The President's ability to declare war.

• The Supreme Court's power to declare laws unconstitutional.