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Ch 9 vocab AL
Question | Answer |
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inaugurate | sworn in |
Federal Judiciary Act | Gave Supreme Court 6 members |
cabinet | Heads of presidential department |
tariff | tax on imported goods |
Battle of Fallen Timbers | Battle in which Natives were defeated by US army |
Treaty of Greenville | Agreement by British to cede land to US government |
Whiskey Rebellion | Rebellion over whiskey tax |
French Revolution | Revolution in France similar to American Revolution |
neutral | Not involved |
Jay's Treaty | British agreed to pay damages for seized vessels |
Pinckney's Treaty | Gave Americans right to travel on Mississippi River |
foreign policy | Relations with governments of other countries |
political party | Group of people with different political beliefs than other people |
XYZ Affair | Incident in which French officials attempted to bribe US ambassadors |
Alien and Sedition Acts | Increased waiting time for citizenship from 5 to 14 years, president could arrest disloyal aliens, sedition was outlawed |
states' rights | Theory that states had rights that the federal government could not violate |
George Washington | First president who used to be a general for the army |
Alexander Hamilton | Founder of the Federalist Party |
Thomas Jefferson | 3rd President, very skilled in many things, wrote Declaration of Independence |
John Adams | Second President, was unpopular for his acts |