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Chapter 9 Vocab VK
| Definition | Word |
|---|---|
| To be sworn in | inaugurate |
| Act that gave Supreme Court a cheif justice and five associate judges | Federal Judiciary Act |
| Departments created by Congress to help the President lead the nation | cabinet |
| A tax on imported goods | tariff |
| A fight where about 2,000 Native Americans clashed with American troops at Ft. Miami resulting in a lose for the Native Americans | Battle of Fallen Timbers |
| Twelve Native American tribes agreed to surrender most of present day Ohio to the Americans | Treaty of Greenville |
| A Rebellion against tax in western Pennsylvania | Whiskey Rebellion |
| A rebellion staged by the French against the ways of their government much like the American Revolution | French Revolution |
| Not siding with any country | neutral |
| The British agreed to pay damages for U.S vessels they had seized. They failed to do so. | Jay's Treaty |
| Treaty with Spain that gave Americans the right to travel freely on the Mississippi River and store goods at the port of New Orleans | Pinckney's Treaty |
| Relations with Government of other countries | foreign policy |
| A group of people that try to promote ideas and influence government | political party |
| America cancels all treaties with France and starts letting U.S ships take French vessels | XYZ Affair |
| Raised the citizen years from 5 years to 14 years, gave power to the President to arrest disloyal aliens or send aliens out of the country during wartime. | Alien and Sedition Acts |
| A way to fight Alien and Sedition Acts | states' rights |