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Chapter 9 Vocab IG
Chapter 9 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| To be sworn in as president | Inaugurated |
| Gave supremem court six members - a chief justice, and 5 associate justices. It also provides for the lower, less powerful federal courts. | Federal Judiciary Act |
| The heads of departments that were created to assist the president lead the nation. | Cabinet |
| A tax on imported goods | Tariff |
| A battle lost by Native Americans against the U.S. to secure the Northwest Territory | Battle of Fallen Timbers |
| 12 Native-American tribes agreed to cede much of present-day Ohio and Indiana to the U.S. government. | Treaty of Greenville |
| A group of farmers from western Pennsylavania's protest against the governments tax on Whiskey | Whiskey Rebellion |
| France's Revolution, inspired by the American Revolution. Demanded liberty and Equality | French Rebellion |
| Not siding with one country or the other. | Neutral |
| British agreed to pay damages for U.S. vessels they had seized | Jay's Treaty |
| Gave Americans right to travel freely on the Mississippi River. Also gave them right to store goods at the port of New Orleans without paying custom duties. Also, Spain accepted 31st Parallel as the northern boundary of Florida and U.S. south boundary | Pinckney's Treaty |
| relations with the governments of other countries | Foreign Policy |
| a group of people that tries to promote its ideas and influence government | Political Party |
| French Agents would only let minister hold talks with Americans if they loaned them $10 Million to pay minister a bribe of $250,000 | XYZ Affair |
| Targeted aliens- immigrants that were not yet citizens. Increased waiting period for becoming U.S. citizen from 5-14 years. Gave president power to arrest disloyal aliens or order them out of country during war time. Outlawed sedition. | Alien and Sedition Acts |
| states has rights that the federal government could not violate. | states' rights |