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ch 9 s.s. vocab-CC
Question | Answer |
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to swear into office | inaugurate |
the act that created a courtsystem and divided authority between the state and federal courts | federal judiciary act |
heads of the departments that help the president lead the nation | cabinet |
tax on imported forreign goods | tariff |
clash betwen native tribes and the federal army | battle of fallen timbers |
agreement between 12 native american tribes and the U.S. government | treaty of Greenville |
rebellion in 1794 by farmers in western Pennsylvania against the tax on whiskey | Whiskey rebeliion |
a conflict for liberty and equality in france | French revolution |
not taking sides in a conflict | neutral |
agreement in which the british gave up their forts on the northwest frointier and paid damages for american vessels they hhad seized | jay's treaty |
agreement with spain that gave americans certain rights | pinckney's treaty |
relations with the governments of other countires | foreign policy |
a group of people who try to promote ideas and influence government and back candidates for office | political party |
three french agents (referred to as X,Y, and Z) attempted to obtain a bribe from american representatives in Paris | XYZ affair |
acts that targeted aliens and newspapers | alien and sedition acts |
theory that says states had the right to judge when the federal government had passed and unconstitutional law | states' rights |