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8.3.4
Thomas Jefferson vs. Alexander Hamilton- A Philosophical Battle
Question | Answer |
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political party | A group of people who have similar ideas about government |
Cabinet | The Presidents top advisers |
National Debt | The money a country owes |
Federalists | A political party led by Alexander Hamilton that believed in a strong central government. |
Foreign Policy | A set of goals that tell how a country will act with other countries. |
Economic Policy | The actions taken to manage the country's money. |
Democratic-Republicans | a political party led by Thomas Jefferson that believed in a weak national government and stronger state governments. |
Alien | Someone from another country who does not have citizenship |
Sedition | Actions that make the government weak. |
Tariffs | Taxes on Imports |
Bond | A promise to repay money. |
nullify | to cancel (federal laws) |
states' rights | limiting the federal government to those powers clearly assigned to it by the Constitution and reserving to the states all other powers not expressly forbidden to them. |
loose interpretation of the Constitution | The idea that Congress has more powers than those given to it in the Constitution |
strict interpretation of the Constitution | The idea that Congress has just the powers (and no more) given to it in the Constitution |