Aaron Burr Shot and killed Alexander Hamilton

John Marshall Chief Justice who helped extend the power of the Supreme Court

Hudson River School Painted nature scenes from the Catskill Mountains

Sacagawea Joined Lewis and Clark expedition as a guide

Dame schools Located in women’s homes, where they taught reading and writing

Washington Irving Wrote “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”

Laissez-faire “let people do as they choose”

New Orleans Port that shipped Southern agricultural goods to Northern and European markets

Louisiana Territory Stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains

Cherokee Tried to adjust peacefully to white American settlers

James Fenimore Wrote distinctively American novels

nationalism Spirit of pride in a nation and loyalty to its goals

Second Great Awakening Stressed the equality of all believers before God

Twelfth Amendment Passed to prevent a tie between a presidential and vice-presidential candidate

Shawnee Mounted an armed resistance to white settlers

pioneers Headed west into Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Northwest Territory

Enslaved people Worked mostly on plantations in the South

James Madison Secretary of state under Jefferson

Working class Became less able to make ends to meet in the early 1800s

Louisiana Purchase Treaty that purchased land between Mississippi River and and Rocky Mountains