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Ch 9 vocab AL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| inaugurate | sworn in |
| Federal Judiciary Act | Gave Supreme Court 6 members |
| cabinet | Heads of presidential department |
| tariff | tax on imported goods |
| Battle of Fallen Timbers | Battle in which Natives were defeated by US army |
| Treaty of Greenville | Agreement by British to cede land to US government |
| Whiskey Rebellion | Rebellion over whiskey tax |
| French Revolution | Revolution in France similar to American Revolution |
| neutral | Not involved |
| Jay's Treaty | British agreed to pay damages for seized vessels |
| Pinckney's Treaty | Gave Americans right to travel on Mississippi River |
| foreign policy | Relations with governments of other countries |
| political party | Group of people with different political beliefs than other people |
| XYZ Affair | Incident in which French officials attempted to bribe US ambassadors |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | Increased waiting time for citizenship from 5 to 14 years, president could arrest disloyal aliens, sedition was outlawed |
| states' rights | Theory that states had rights that the federal government could not violate |
| George Washington | First president who used to be a general for the army |
| Alexander Hamilton | Founder of the Federalist Party |
| Thomas Jefferson | 3rd President, very skilled in many things, wrote Declaration of Independence |
| John Adams | Second President, was unpopular for his acts |