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Dr. J
U.S. history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | a law that established the federal court system |
| Cabinet | the group of department heads who serve as he presidents chief advisers |
| Bank of the United States | the federal Government and private investors, established by congress, the first in 1791 and the second in 1816 |
| Democratic- Republicans | Political party know for its support of strong state governments, founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1792 in opposition to the federalist party. |
| two-party system | a political system dominated by two major parties. |
| protective tariff | a tax on imported goods that is intended to protect a nations businesses for, foreign competition |
| excise tax | a tax o n the production, sale, or consumption of good produced within a country |
| neutrality | a refusal to take part in a war between other nations |
| sectionalism | the placing of the inertness of ones own region ahead of the inertness of the nation as a whole. |
| xyz affairs | a 1797 incident in which french officials demand bribe from u.s diplomats. |
| allen and sedition acts | a series of four laws enacted in 1798 to reduce the political power of resent immigrants to the united states. |
| nullification | a states refusal to recognize an act of congress that is considers unconstitutional |
| Judiciary Act of 1801 | a law that increased the number of federal judges. allowing president jhon Adams to fill most of the new posts with federalists |
| midnight judges | one of the judges appointed by John Adams in the last hours of his administration |
| Marbury V. Madison | an 1803 casein witch the supreme court ruled that it had the power to abolish legislative acts by declaring them unconstitutional |
| Judicial review | the supreme courts power to declare an act of congress unconstitutional |
| Louisiana purchase | the 1803 purchase by the united states of Frances Louisiana territory- extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky mountains - for 15millon. |
| blockade | the use of ships or troops to prevent movement into and out of a part or region controlled by a hostile nation. |
| impressment | the forcible seizure of men for military service |
| embargo | a government ban on trade with one or more other nations |
| war hawk | one of the members of Congress who favored war with Britain in the early years of the 19th Century |
| Treaty of Ghent | the 18914 treaty that ended the war of 1812 |
| armistice | a truce, or agreement to end a armed conflict |
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