Thomas Jefferson Vocabulary Unit (A. Diaz)

power of the Supreme Court to decide whether a law is unconstitutional

• corps of discovery

• embargo

• judicial review

goes against what is stated in the Constitution

• constitutional

• unconstitutional

• impressment

ban on trade with another country

• embargo

• laissez-faire

• expedition

the act of illegally exporting or importing goods

• embargo

• smuggle

• trade

kidnapping; taking into the navy by force (Britain was impressing American sailors)

• smuggle

• kidnapping

• impressment

idea that the government should leave the economy alone as much as possible

• laissez-faire

• judicial review

• impressment

a group of people taking a journey for a specific purpose

• smuggle

• embargo

• expedition

landmark Supreme Court case that established the power of judicial review in the U.S. This meant that the Court could strike down laws it feels violate the Constitution of the United States.

• Marbury vs. Madisin

• Marbury vs. Jefferson

• Marbury vs. Lincoln

In 1803, Thomas Jefferson created this special unit of the U.S. army, whose mission was to explore the uncharted West. Over four years, the Corps of Discovery would travel thousands of miles, experiencing lands, rivers and Native American groups that no Americans ever had before.

• Corps of Engineers

• Corps of Explorers

• Corps of Discovery

the term refers to the countries located along the norther coast of Africa, along the Mediterranean Sea (Algiers, Tunis, Morocco, Tripoli)

• Turkey

• Hungary

• Barbary