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Unit 5
APUSH
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tariff | tax on an imported good; meant to protect domestic industry |
| Federalists | political party that desired strong federal government and tariffs to protect US industry; led by Hamilton |
| Anti-Federalists (Democratic-Republicans) | political party that feared strong federal government; led by Jefferson |
| BROAD (LOOSE) CONSTRUCTIONISTS | believed in broad interpretations of the Constitution in order to expand federal power |
| STRICT CONSTRUCTIONISTS | believed in narrow interpretations of the Constitution (following Constitution literally) in order to limit federal power |
| Proclamation of Neutrality (1793) | under George Washington, this said the US would not take sides in the French Revolutionary Wars |
| Jay's Treaty | treaty with Great Britain that said Brits would remove troops from NW Territories and wouldn't interfere with US shipping |
| Pinckney's Treaty | treaty with Spain that said Spain would recognize US neutrality, end Spanish claims to Mississippi territory, draw a border with Florida, give the US access to Mississippi River and New Orleans |
| Battle of Fallen Timbers | Ohio River Valley Indians give up claims to Ohio River Valley |
| Whiskey Rebellion | rebellion in western Pennsylvania caused by tax on whiskey; collapsed in face of federal power |
| XYZ Affair | foreign crisis under Adams in which French ministers tried to extort bribe from US officials who were trying to negotiate end to French seizures of US ships |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | under Adams, these laws said "dangerous" foreigners could be deported and that it was illegal to criticize the President |
| Kentucky and Virginia Resolves | laws that nullified the Alien and Sedition Acts in those states |
| Marbury v. Madison (1803) | Supreme Court case during presidency of Jefferson that established the concept of judicial review |
| John Marshall | 1st Chief Justice of Supreme Court whose rulings established judicial review |
| judicial review | concept that states the Supreme Court has the power to declare laws unconstitutional and thus void |
| Barbary Pirates | refers to north Africans who were interfering with American shipping in Mediterranean Sea during presidency of Jefferson |
| impressment | term that refers to British policy of seizing American ships and forcing US sailors to help British fight its enemies |
| Embargo Act of 1807 | passed in response to British impressment of US sailors, it cut off all American trade with foreign nations; it proved disastrous for the US economy |
| "Mr. Madison's War" | derogatory term used to describe the War of 1812 |
| Hartford Convention | meeting to discuss the grievances of the New England states during the War of 1812; resulted in demise of Federalist Party |
| Treaty of Ghent | ended the War of 1812 with no major changes in US-British relations except that the Indians south of Canada were abandoned by the British |
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