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chapter 9 vocabz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| inaugurate | swear somebody formally into office: to install somebody in office with a formal ceremony |
| federal judiciary act | The United States Judiciary Act of 1789 ... 1789 in the first session of the First United States Congress establishing the U.S. federal judiciary. |
| cabinet | The heads of departments |
| tariff | is a tax on imported goods. |
| battle of fallen timbers | the native americans were defeated. a fighting force of around 2,000 native americans clashed wayne's troops. |
| treaty of greenville | twelve tribes signed this.crushed native americans hopes of keeping their land in the northwest territory. |
| whiskey rebellion | 1794 a group of farmers in western pennsylavia staged this against the tax. |
| french revolution | inspired by the american revolution, the french revolutionaries demanded liberty and equality. |
| neutral | washington declared that the united states to remain ______, not siding with one country or the other. |
| jay's treaty | the british also agreed to pay damages for U.S. vessels they had seized. |
| pinckney's treaty | spain gave americans the right to travel freely on the mississippi river. |
| foreign policy | relations with the governments of other countries. |
| political party | a group of people that tries to promote its ideas and influence government. |
| XYZ affair | after congress and an outraged public learned of it, the press turned pinckney's words into a popular slogan: "millions for defense, not one cent for tribute!" |
| alien and sedition acts | targeted alins--immigrants who were not yet citizens. |
| states' rights | states had rights that federal government could not violate. |