The Courts
The "Referee" branch of government that interprets the laws.
What is the Judicial Branch (Supreme Court)?
The British practice of kidnapping American sailors to work on British ships.
What is Impressment?
The massive chunk of land Thomas Jefferson bought from France in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The group of young Congressmen from the South and West who shouted for war.
Who are the War Hawks?
The specific building the British burned down in Washington D.C.
What is the White House (or the Capitol)?
The famous Supreme Court case that established Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The scandal where French agents demanded a bribe to talk to the U.S. Diplomats.
What is the XYZ Affair?
The French Emperor who sold the Louisiana Territory to the U.S. because he needed money for war.
Who is Napoleon?
The Shawnee leader who tried to unite all tribes to stop white settlers.
Who is Tecumseh?
The "Act of God" that put out the fires and saved the city of Washington.
What is the Hurricane/Tornado/Storm?
The power of the Supreme Court to look at a law and say "Delete it! That violates the Constitution."
What is Judicial Review?
President Jefferson passed this Act to stop trade with Europe (the "Ograbme" turtle).
What is the Embargo Act?
This purchase did what to the size of the United States?
What is "Doubled it"?
American soldiers found guns from this country on the battlefield at Tippecanoe.
What is Great Britain (or England)?
The First Lady who refused to leave the White House without saving the portrait.
Who is Dolley Madison?
In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Court said a State cannot tax this federal institution.
What is the National Bank (Bank of the U.S.)?
Jefferson sent the U.S. Marines/Navy to fight these pirates in North Africa
Who are the Barbary Pirates?
The two explorers sent by Jefferson to find a path to the Pacific Ocean.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
The region of the U.S. that wanted Peace (Doves) because they made money trading with Britain.
What is New England (or the North/Merchants)?
The person whose portrait Dolley Madison saved.
Who is George Washington?
This clause says that if a State law fights a Federal law, the Federal law always wins.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
During the XYZ Affair, Americans shouted: "Millions for defense, but not one cent for _______!
What is Tribute (or Bribes)?
The Native American woman who served as a guide and translator for Lewis and Clark.
Who is Sacagawea?
The nickname given to the war by people who hated it and blamed the President.
What is "Mr. Madison's War"?
Before burning the White House, the British soldiers did this humiliating thing.
What is "Ate the President's Dinner"?