civics
Chapter 9 test
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- Toussaint-Louverture
- declared the colony an independent republic. Toussaint set up a new government.
- embargo
- prohibits trade with another country
- laissez-faire
- means let people do as they choose
- What requirements are included in 12th amendment of the constitution?
- To make presidential and vice presidential election ballots seperate.
- Napoleon Bonaparte,
- had plans for empires in Europe and the Americas.
- Nonintercourse Act.
- The new act prohibited trade only with Britain and France and their colonial possessions
- neutral rights
- the right to sail the seas and not take sides.
- Marbury vs. Madison
- established the Supreme Court's right to review and rule on acts of the other branches of government.
- custom duties
- taxes on foreign imported goods
- Who was the leader and co-leader of the expedition to find a direct route to the Mississippi river?
- Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
- impressment.
- This practice of forcing people to serve in the navy
- secede
- withdrawal
- How did the changes that Jefferson made when he became president reflect his views about government?
- He reduced the size of the army and navy and eliminated certain taxes to decrease the power of the federal government.
- tribute
- protection money
- Why did France sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
- The French needed money to finance Napoleon's plans for war against Britain.
- Louisiana Territory
- The area to the west of the river which belonged to Spain.
- Conestoga wagons,
- sturdy vehicles topped with white canvas
- Sacagawea
- guided Lewis and Clark
- judicial review
- the right of the Supreme Court to determine if a law violates the Constitution
- Why did Tripoli declare war on the United States?
- because the United States would not agree to increase the amount of tribute paid to Tripoli
- Why was the Mississippi River important to western farmers?
- They needed the river to ship their crops to market.