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Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Limited Government | The idea that certain restrictions should be placed on the government to protect the natural rights of citizens. |
| Separation of powers | dividing the powers of government among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches |
| -Checks and Balances | A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power |
| President's Cabinet | an advisory group created by the president that includes the department heads and other officials chosen by the president |
| Federalism | A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments |
| Emancipation | The freeing of slaves |
| Slave trade act | Congress passed-abolished the importation of slaves into the US began January 1808 |
| -Domestic policy | plans for dealing with National problems |
| Treaty of Greenville | gave us claim to most Indian lands in the North West Territory |
| Treaty of New York | a treaty signed by the Creek Indians and the government that ceded land to the US in return allowing Creeks to punish non-Indian trespassers on Creek land |
| Nuetrality | policy of supporting neither side in a war. |
| Foreign policy | A nation’s overall plan for dealing with other nations. |
| National Bank | Hamilton’s big idea |
| Federalist’s party | Adams and Hamilton formed this based on the idea of expanding the powers of the central government to promote manufacturing. |
| Democratic Republicans | Led by Thomas Jefferson, believed people should have political power, favored strong STATE governments, emphasized agriculture, strict interpretation of the constitution, Pro-French, opposed National Bank. |