Key Terms and Concepts

What is the idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs?

• Embargo

• Laissez Faire

• War Hawks

• Expedition

A ban on trade is known as a(n) _______.

• War Fever

• Expedition

• Embargo

• Tribute

Who supported war with Great Britain?

• War Hawks

• Laissez Faire

• Continental Divide

• Louisiana Purchase

The place on a continent that separates river systems flowing in opposite directions is called the _______.

• Continental Divide

• Embargo

• War Fever

• Tribute

What was the British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into the military?

• Expedition

• Impressment

• Tribute

• War Hawks

A long journey before a battle is known as a(n) _______.

• Expedition

• Embargo

• War Fever

• Laissez Faire

What was the territory in the west of the US bought by France for 15 million dollars in 1803?

• War Fever

• Louisiana Purchase

• Continental Divide

• Impressment

Money paid by one country to another in return for protection is called _______.

• Tribute

• Embargo

• War Hawks

• Expedition

What term describes a widespread desire for going to war?

• War Fever

• Laissez Faire

• Impressment

• Continental Divide