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Vocab Chapt 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Judiciary act of 1789 | a law that established the federal court system and the number of suprem Court justices and that provided for the appeal state court decisions to the federal court. |
| Alexander Hamilton | secretary of the treasury, chosen by Washington. |
| Cabinet | the group of department heaads who served as the president's chief advisers. |
| 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 the second in 1816. |
| Democratic-republicans | political party known for its support of strong states governments, funded by Thomas Jefferson in 1792 in opposition to the Federalist Party. |
| two-party system | political system dominated by two major parties. |
| protective tariff | tax on import goods that is intended to protect a nation's buisness from foreign competition. |
| excise tax | tax on the production, sale, or consumption of goods produced within a country |
| neutrality | a refusal to take part in a war between other nations. |
| Edmond Genet | young french diplomat sent to win American support. |
| Thomas Pincknley | U.S. minister to Great Britain. |
| Little Turtle | chieftain of the Miami tribe (native american) |
| John Jay | the chief justice of the Suprem Court. |
| sectionalism | the placing of the interests of one's own religion ahead of the interests of the nation as a whole. |
| XYZ Affair | a 1797 incident in which French officials demanded a bribe from U.S diplomats. |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | series of four laws enacted in 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants to the United States. |
| nullification | a state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional. |
| Aron Burr | Jefferson's running mate in the electoral collage |
| John Marshall | a staunch Federalist, chief of the Suprem Court |
| Judicaiary Act of 1801 | law that increased the number of federal judges, allowing President Jonh 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 case in which the Suprem Court ruled that it had the power to abolish legislative acts by declaring them unconstitutional; this power came to be known as judicial review. |
| judicial review | the Suprem Court's power to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional. |
| Louisiana Puchases | purchase by the United States of France's Louisiana Territory. |
| Sacajawea | a Native American woman who served as interpreter and guide |
| blockade | the use of ships or troops to prevent movement into and out of a port or region controlled by hostile nation. |
| impressement | the forcible seizure of men for military service. |
| William Henry Harrison | the governor of the Indiana Territory. |
| Tecumseh | the Shawnee chief |
| war hawks | one of the members of Congress who favored war with Britain. |
| Andrew Jackson | general from Tennessee who won a series of battles that gained his national fame. |
| Treaty of Ghent | the 1814 treaty that ended the War of 1812. |
| armistice | a truce, or agreement to end an armed conflict. |
| embargo | a government b+an on trade with one or more other nations. |
| Lewis and Clark | expedititon commissioned by president Jefferson to explore the West. |
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