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O'Dell U2 (Ch 5-6)
Unit 2 Chapters 5-6 review terms, places, vocab, and people
Term | Definition |
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Treaty of Greenville | forced Native Americans to surrender most of their lands in Ohio |
Alien and Sedition Acts | laws that discouraged immigration and made it illegal to speak out against the government in the United States |
Pinckney’s Treaty | gave Americans the rights to use the Mississippi River and trade in New Orleans |
Thomas Jefferson | first secretary of state of the United States, was third President of the U.S. |
George Washington | President of the U.S. that issued a Proclamation of Neutrality in 1793 |
implied powers | powers suggested but not directly stated in the Constitution |
John Jay | first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court |
national debt | financial responsibilities (for example, bonds) owed by the government |
John Adams | a Federalist who served as second president of the United States |
tariff | a tax on imported manufactured goods |
Federalist | They supported Washington’s administration, wanted large government |
Democratic-Republicans | disagreed with policies of Hamilton, feared a large government |
impressment | forced American sailors to serve in the British navy |
XYZ affair | crisis in U.S. foreign relations with France |
partisan | favoring one side of an issue |
Alexander Hamilton | first secretary of the treasury, leader of the Federalists |
Whiskey Rebellion | a mob attacked tax collectors and burned down buildings |
caucuses | meetings held by political parties to choose candidates for office |
Aaron Burr | shot and killed Alexander Hamilton |
John Marshall | Chief Justice who helped extend the power of the Supreme Court |
New Orleans | port that shipped Southern goods to Northern and European markets |
Sacagawea | joined the Lewis and Clark expedition as a guide |
Louisiana Territory | area that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains |
Washington Irving | wrote “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” |
laissez-faire | term that means “let people do as they choose” |
Louisiana Purchase | treaty that purchased land between Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains |
nationalism | spirit of pride in a nation and loyalty to its goals |
Second Great Awakening | stressed the equality of all believers before God |
Twelfth Amendment | passed to prevent a tie between a presidential and vice-presidential candidate |
working class | the poor people who became less able to make ends meet in the early 1800s |
pioneers | headed west into Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Northwest Territory |
enslaved people | worked mostly on plantations in the South |
James Madison | secretary of state under Jefferson |