Selected opinions of Luther S. Dixon and Edward G. Ryan, late chief justices of the Supreme court of Wisconsin

Westerners were fearful of Tecumseh and other British-backed Indians, and they were also angry. Not only did the Indians need a good whipping, but so did the British, who became the focus of concentrated hatred in the new American West, not only for inciting Indians to war, but for disrupting American shipping and commerce. What was bad for the coastal economy was disastrous for the West, which, during this critical phase of its development, was being prevented from shipping out its abundant exports. The West was spoiling for a war, and William Henry Harrison and Tecumseh would give it one. The Least You Need to Know The liberal “Age of Jefferson” swept away the repressive Alien and Sedition Acts and expanded the United States with the Louisiana Purchase. Chief justice John Marshall defined the function and power of the Supreme Court through his decision in the case of Marbury v. Madison. Jefferson’s second term was marred by the Embargo Act and a breakdown in relations with Great Britain. Word for the Day Impressment was the practice—common, in England during the 18th and early 19th centuries—of compelling—even kidnapping—individuals to serve in the military, especially the navy ...»