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Stufflet Unit 5
Unit 5 APUSH
Question | Answer |
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tariff | tax on an imported good; meant to protect domestic industry |
Federalists | political party that desired strong federal government and tariffs to protect US industry; led by Hamilton |
Anti-Federalists | political party that feared strong federal government; led by Jefferson |
BROAD CONSTRUCTIONISTS | believed in broad interpretations of the Constitution in order to expand federal power |
STRICT CONSTRUCTIONISTS | believed in narrow interpretations of the Constitution (following Constitution literally) in order to limit federal power |
Proclamation of Neutrality (1793) | under George Washington, this said the US would not take sides in the French Revolutionary Wars |
Jay’s Treaty | treaty with Great Britain that said Brits would remove troops from NW Territories and wouldn't interfere with US shipping |
Pinckney Treaty | treaty with Spain that said Spain would recognize US neutrality, end Spanish claims to Mississippi territory, draw a border with Florida, give the US access to Mississippi River and New Orleans |
Battle of Fallen Timbers | Ohio River Valley Indians give up claims to Ohio River Valley |
Whiskey Rebellion | rebellion in western Pennsylvania caused by tax on whiskey; collapsed in face of federal power |
XYZ Affair | foreign crisis under Adams in which French ministers tried to extort bribe from US officials who were trying to negotiate end to French seizures of US ships |
Alien and Sedition Acts | under Adams, these laws said "dangerous" foreigners could be deported and that it was illegal to criticize the President |
Kentucky Resolves and Virginia Resolves | laws that nullified the Alien and Sedition Acts in those states |
Marbury v Madison | Supreme Court case during presidency of Jefferson that established the concept of judicial review |
John Marshall | 1st Chief Justice of Supreme Court whose rulings established judicial review |
judicial review | concept that states the Supreme Court has the power to declare laws unconstitutional and thus void |
Barbary pirates | refers to north Africans who were interfering with American shipping in Mediterranean Sea during presidency of Jefferson |
impressment | term that refers to British policy of seizing American ships and forcing US sailors to help British fight its enemies |
Embargo Act (1807) | passed in response to British impressment of of US sailors, it cut off all American trade with foreign nations; it proved disastrous for the US economy |
“Mr. Madison’s War” | derogatory term used to describe the War of 1812 |
Hartford Convention | meeting to discuss the grievances of the New England states during the War of 1812; |
Treaty of Ghent | ended the War of 1812 with no major changes in US-British relations except that the Indians south of Canada were abandoned by the British |