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Casey ch. 6 vocab
US History chapter 6 vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | law that established the federal court system and the number of Supreme Court justices |
| Cabinet | group of department heads that serve as the president's chief advisors |
| Bank of the United States | either of the two national banks funded by the federal government and private investors |
| Democratic-Republicans | political party known for its support of strong state governments founded by Thomas Jefferson |
| two-party system | political system dominated by two major parties |
| protective tariff | tax on imported goods that is intended to protect a nation's businesses from foreign competition |
| excise tax | tax on the production, sale, or consumption of goods produced within a country |
| neutrality | refusal to take part in a war between other nations |
| sectionalism | the placing of the interests of one's own religion ahead of the interests of the nation as a whole |
| XYZ Affair | incident in which French officials demanded a bribe form U.S. diplomats |
| Alien and sedition Acts | series of four laws enacted by 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants to the United States |
| Nullification | State's refusal to recognize an act of congress it considers unconstitutional |
| Judiciary Act of 1801 | law that increased the number of federal judges |
| midnight Judges | Judges appointed by John Adams in the last hours of his administration |
| Marbury v. Madison | case in which Supreme Court ruled that it had power to abolish legislative acts by declaring them unconstitutional |
| judicial review | Supreme Court's power to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional |
| Lousiana Purchase | the 1803 purchase by the United States of France's Louisiana Territory |
| blockade | use of ships or troops to prevent movement into and out of a port or region controlled by hostile nation |
| impressment | forcible seizure of men for military service |
| embargo | government ban on trade with one or more nations |
| war hawk | one of the members of contress who favored war with Britian in the early years of the 19th century |
| Treaty of Ghent | 1814 treaty that ended the war of 1812 |
| armistice | truce or agreement to end an armed conflict |
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