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APUSH Ch. 9+10
Flashcards for vocab. Ch. 9-10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Assumption | Stated that the government would assume all the state's debts for the American Revolution |
| Strict Constitution | Was the belief that the constitution should be taken "literally" or "strictly" |
| Tenth Amendment | States that "powers not delegated to the government are reserved to the states and the people." |
| Jeffersonian Republicans | Were one of the nations first political parties. They were pro-French, liberal, and mostly middle class |
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | organized the supreme court and created the attorney general's office |
| Citizen Genet | was a representative of the French Republic who came to America in order to recruit Americans to fight in the French Revolution |
| Anthony Wayne | was a general, nicknamed "Mad Anthony" |
| Agrarian | means having to do with agriculture |
| Excise Tax | was a tax on the manufacturing of an item |
| The Cabinet | is a body of executives that serve as the chief advisers to the President |
| Pinckey Treaty 1795 | gave America free navigation to the Mississippi, and a large area of north Florida |
| Convention 1800 Treaty | ended France's peacetime military alliance with America |
| Neutrality Proclamation1793 | proclaimed government's official neutrality in European conflicts |
| Alien and Sedition Acts 1798 | raised the residence requirement for American citizenship, gave the president power to order any alien out of the country, permitted the President to jail aliens when he wanted to, and provided fines for anyone guilty of sedition |
| French Revolution | began with some nonviolent restrictions on the king, but became more hostile when France declared war on Austria |
| John Adams | was a Federalist who was Vice President under Washington and later became President |
| Talleyrand French | was a foreign minister |
| Compact Theory | meant that the thirteen states, had entered into a contract about its jurisdiction |
| James Madison | was a talented politician nicknamed "the Father of the Constitution" |
| Primogeniture | was an English law that said only the eldest son of a family could inherit a landed estate |
| Federation | gave states the freedom to control their local affairs |
| Abigail Adams | attempted to get rights for the "Ladies" from her husband who was on the committee for designing the Declaration of Independence |
| Battle of Fallen Timber | was an attack by Anthony Wayne against invading Indians from the Northwest |
| Farewell Address | was a document by George Washington saying we should stay away from permanent alliances from foreign countries |
| Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | were secretly made to get the rights back taken away by the Alien and Sedition Acts |
| Treaty of Greenville | gave America all of Ohio after Anthony Wayne fought and defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers |
| Jay Treaty 1794 | was a treaty saying Britain would pay damages for recent seizures of American ships, and evacuate the chain of posts on U.S soil |
| Great Compromise | said there would be representation by population in the House of Representatives, and equal representation in the Senate |
| Sovereignty | is supreme political power |
| Mobocracy | is to be ruled by a mob. American colonists used this when England would impose taxes and acts. |
| Consent of the governed | means the people of a country have to be consent to be governed, or they have the right to overthrow the government |
| Republicanism | was that the government was under the authority of the people it governs |
| Checks and Balances | prevents any one Branch from taking over the government and making all the decisions |
| Daniel Shays | was a radical veteran of the Revolution. He led Shays Rebellion |
| Alexander Hamilton | was a high political leader who saved the convention from failure by having Congress meet again about the Articles of Confederation |
| Electoral College | is a group of electors that are elected by the people to elect the President of the United States |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | was a law which stated that disputed land in the Northwest was to be divided and sold |
| Three Fifths Compromise | was where a black slave was counted as three fifths of a person when counting the population |
| Northwest ordinance | said that once a territory reached sixty thousand people then it counted as a state |
| States rights | was when anti-federalists opposed the constitution because it didn't give enough power to the states |
| Popular Sovereignty | is the idea that people should have the right to rule themselves |
| Anarchy | is a lack of a strong centralized government |
| Society of Cincinnati | is a group of continental Army officers that formed a military order |
| The Federalist | was a series of articles used as a source of propaganda for a stronger central government written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison |
| Confederation | is a group of states that are free to act independently from one another |
| Federalists | is a political party consisting of more respectable citizens |
| The "Large State Plan" | was the plan made by Virginia to set up a bi-cameral congress based on population |
| Constitution of the U.S | is the foundation of our country's national government |
| Anti-Federalists | were people against federalists that disagreed with the constitution |
| Shay's Rebellion | was led by captain Daniel Shays, and demanded cheaper paper money, lighter taxes, and a suspension of mortgage foreclosures |
| Articles of Confederation | was the first "constitution" governing the U.S after the Revolution |
| Circuit court | is a court that hears cases in several designated areas rather than a single place |
| Fiscal | concerns the public finances and revenues |
| Stock | is the shares of capital ownership |
| Medium of exchange | is any item used as money |
| Despotism | is arbitrary or tyrannical rule |
| Impress | is to force people or property into public service |
| Assimilation | is the merging of diverse cultures or people into one |
| Witch Hunt | is an investigation to uncover dangerous activity, but is really to weaken the political opposition |
| Compact | is an agreement between states to perform a legal act |
| Nullification | is that a state can legally invalidate a federal act considered inconsistent with its rights |
| Disestablish | is to separate an official state church from its connection with the government |
| Emancipation | is to set free from slavery |
| Chattel | is an article of personal or movable property |
| Abolitionist | is a person who favors the end of slavery |
| Ratification | is the confirmation of an act |
| Bill of rights | is a list of freedoms assumed to be central to society |
| Aliens | are foreigners who aren't citizens of the country |
| Township | is a territory that's a unit of social structure, smaller than a country |
| Territory | is an organized political entity, not quite a state |
| Annex | is to make a smaller territory part of a larger one |
| Requisition | is a demand for something issued on the basis of public authority |
| Foreclosure | is taking away someone's mortgaged property because loans have not been paid |
| Quorum | is the minimum number of people who need to be in a group before it can conduct valid business |
| Anarchy | is a theory of anti-government |
| Bicameral, Unicameral | is a legislative body with two houses, or one |
| Census | is an official count of population |
| Public debt | is the debt of a government or nation |
| Whiskey Rebellion | was a challenge to the National Government's unjust use of excise tax |
| implied powers | were powers of the government "implied" in the constitution |
| John Jay | Was chief justice of the U.S |
| Funding at Par | was an economic plan by Hamilton in order to strengthen the central government |
| Strict Constitution | was the belief that the constitution was to be taken "literally" or "strictly" |
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