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Ch. 9 Vocabulary
Jiasheng Qin's Ch. 9 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| inaugurate | to swear in or induct into office in a formal ceremony |
| Federal Judiciary Act | It helped create a court system and gave the Supreme Court six members. |
| cabinet | a group of department heads who serve as the president's chief advisers |
| tariff | a tax paid on imported goods |
| Battle of Fallen Timbers | In 1794, an American army defeated 2000 Native Americans in a clash over control of the Northwest Territory. |
| Treaty of Greenville | a 1795 agreement in which 12 Native American tribes surrendered much of present-day Ohio and Indiana to the U.S. government |
| Whiskey Rebellion | a 1794 protest against the government's tax on whiskey, which was valuable to the livelihood of backcountry farmers |
| French Revolution | In 1789, the French launched a movement for liberty and equality. |
| neutral | not siding with one country or the other |
| Jay's Treaty | the agreement that ended dispute over American shipping during the French Revolution |
| Pinckney's Treaty | a 1795 treaty with Spain that allowed Americans to use the Mississippi River and to store goods in New Orleans; made the 31st parallel the Southern U.S. border |
| 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 | a 1797 incident in which French officials demanded a bribe from U.S. diplomats |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | a series of four laws enacted in 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants to the United States |
| states' rights | theory that stated that states had the right to judge when the federal government had passed an unconstitutional law |