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chap 6 vocab
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | law that established the federal court system and the number of supreme court justices |
| Democratic Republicans | political party know for its support of strong state governments, founded by Thomas Jefferson |
| Two-party system | a political system dominated by two major parties |
| Cabinet | the group of department heads who serve as the president's chief advisers |
| Protective tariff | a tax on imported goods that is intended to protect a nation's business from foreign competition |
| excise tax | a tax on the production,sale, or consumption of goods produced within a country |
| Bank of the United States | either of the two national banks, funded by the federal government and private investors, established by congress, the first in 1791 and second in 1816 |
| Neutrality | a refusal to take part in a war between other nations |
| Sectionalism | the placing of the interests of one's own region ahead of ht interests of the nation |
| XYZ Affair | a 1797 incident in which french officials demanded a bribe |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | a series of four laws enacted in 1798 providing economic and technical assistance to Latin American countries |
| Nullification | a states refusal to recognize an act of congress that it considers unconstitutional |
| Judicial review | the supreme court's power to declare an act of congress unconstitutional |
| Judiciary Act of 1801 | a law that increased the number of federal judges, allowing president John Adams |
| Louisiana Purchase | the 1803 purchase by the united states France's Louisiana territory |
| Midnight judges | one of the judges appointed by john Adams in the last hours of his administration |
| Impressment | the forcible seizure of men for military service |
| War Hawk | one of the members of congress who favored war with Britain |
| Embargo | a government ban on trade with one or more other nations |
| Treaty of Ghent | the 1814 treaty that ended the war of 1812 |
| Armistice | a truce, or agreement to end an armed conflict |
| blockade | the use of ships or troops to prevent movement into and out of port or region |
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