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APUS u2 key terms
| term | info |
|---|---|
| The Great Compromise | constitution decided on the tripartie for the government; established interstate commerce and tax; no legalized democracy |
| 3 branches of government | legislative, executive, judicial |
| legislative branch | senate and the house of representatives |
| executive branch | president |
| judicial branch | supreme court |
| the term "federal" | centralized power |
| prohibition of the international slave trade | 1808 |
| 3/5th rule | every slave counts as 3/5th of a person; provided for some representation |
| Slave trade cause | govt cant touch international slave trade for another twenty years |
| commerce clause | the job of congress was to regulate commerce with foreign nations |
| Federalist and Anti Federalist beef | promised the addition of BoR to protect indiviual rights in the constitution |
| Hamilton's plan | pay off debts of the national govt, collect tax revenue, and centralize currency. wanted to link interest of the wealthy |
| Board of Trustees | govt employees and shareholders within relations of the national bank |
| The National Bank | issues bank notes and works for the welfare of the government, people, and economy. |
| Fractional Reverse Banking | to pay off debts, the national bank accumulates wealth by taking a % from what bank users profit. |
| 1-1-18 clause | used with Hamilton's defense; do what is necessary to withstand a nation |
| 10th ammendment | used with Jefferson's defense; states make their own rules, not the govt. |
| Strict vs. Loose Construction | strict: favored a narrow interpretation of the government; stickler for the rules; loose: freer reading; allowed the government more room to act |
| First American Parties | Federalists party and the Democratic-Republican party. |
| Federalists | wanted a centralized government; economy of shipping and manufacturing; merchants, investors, and land owners |
| Democratic-Republicans | depended on revenue; govt is the downfall, wanted states to have power; strengthen their ties with France; farmers and tradespeople |
| Ailen and Sedition Acts | protecting nation from non citizens; citizenship takes 5-14 years; spies can be jailed and deported; sedition law outlawed starting a rebellion |
| Kentucky and Virginia Resolution | against Alien + Sedition Acts; severe attack of Federalist interpretation of Constitution |
| John Marshall | father of the supreme court; balanced the power of the federal government and the states |
| Marbury vs. Madison | Marbury commissioned by John Adams as Justice; Madison didn't order commission to Marbury; 1st time a law/act was deemed unconstitutional |
| McCulloh vs. Maryland | MD wanted to tax the bankl rules that states cant tax govt; gave mor power to the national government and less power to the states. |
| Judicial review | a procedure by which a court can review and admin action by a public body and secure a declaration, order, or award. |
| Implied powers | political powers granted to the United States government that arent exactly in the Constitution |
| Louisiana Purchase | during Jefferson's presidency; Monroe and Livingston were sent to france to buy land; bough expansion of west for 15 mil |
| Embargo Act | nonviolent resistance to British and French take over of US merchant ships carrying war materials and other weapons |
| Semi-subsistence economy | economy based on small and usually family farms; moving from land to land |
| commercial economy | Commercial economy: merchants, artisans, and farmers sell goods and live off the earnings (wealth not fairly distributed; goods had to move from producers to market cheaply enough to reap profits [by water was most efficient]}) |
| SS economy support of constitution | favored government power |
| commercial economy support of constitution | opposed government power |
| War of 1812 | from the British interfering with trade, hijack sailors, etc.; Brits burn the White House; Fort McHenry; wanted Washington, Baltimore, and New Orleans; word got out too late and congress called for watr |
| Hartford Convention | surge of nationalism; federalists discredited; make separate peace with Britain; word got out too late (war already ended); |
| War Hawks | The new generation of federalists who wanted all the smoke |
| Monroe Doctrine | US wont intefere with eu colonies in the west or L.American republics. |
| Hamilton and Jefferson both believed in what? |
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