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45 Cards in this Set
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Judiciary Act
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Congressional act creating the federal court system
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Alexander Hamilton
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Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury
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Thomas Jefferson
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Washington’s Secretary of State, 3rd President
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Henry Knox
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Washington’s Secretary of War
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Edmund Randolph
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Washington’s Attorney General
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Hamilton’s Plan
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introduced the Bank, tariff, and debt assumption
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Bank of the US
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bank created by national government to fund expenditures
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Excise tax
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tax on internal products to raise gov’t revenue
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Report on Manufactures
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Hamilton’s plan to industrialize the US
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Loose interpretation
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stretching the meaning of the Constitution
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Strict interpretation
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the Constitution only means what it exactly says
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Residence Act
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congressional law establishing DC as capital
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Whiskey Rebellion
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farmers revolt against whiskey tax
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Washington’s Farewell Address
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“avoid foreign entanglements”
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Federalists
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political party favoring strong national government
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Democratic-Republicans
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political party favoring limited national government
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Society of the Cincinnati
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aristocratic organization of Revolutionary War officers
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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laws limiting speech and citizenship passed by Federalists
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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
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state laws opposing Alien and Sedition Acts
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Doctrine of nullification
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belief that a state could void a national law
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Revolution of 1800
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election of Jefferson
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Second Great Awakening
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religions revival of early 1800s inspiring social activism
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Gilbert Stuart
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artist famous for his portraits of early republic leaders
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Charles Willson Peale
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painter famous for portraits of early republican leaders
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Citizen Genet
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recruited US citizens to fight in the French Revolution
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Neutrality Proclamation
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declaration of no US involvement in French Revolution
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XYZ Affair
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French ministers expect bribes before accepting US ambassadors
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Northwest Posts
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forts in the Ohio valley occupied by British after Rev War
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Jay’s Treaty
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unpopular agreement between US and Britain
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Pinckney’s Treaty
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agreement with Spain to allow use of Mississippi
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Anthony Wayne
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US commander defeated Indian confederacy in battle of fallen timbers
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Barbary Pirates
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privateers in Mediterranean who demanded protection money from US
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“We are all Federalists, we are all Republicans”
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Jefferson’s first inaugural statement
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Midnight judges
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Adams appointed these on the last day of his presidency
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Tripolitan war
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undeclared war with barbary pirates
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Hamilton-Burr duel
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former Vice President shot former Secretary of Treasury
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Aaron Burr
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former Vice President put on trial for treason
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Orders-in-council
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British policy forbidding US ships from visiting French ports
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Impressments
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practice of taking US sailors and forcing them into British navy
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Nonintercourse Act
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congressional act blocking trade with Britain and France
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Tecumseh
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leader of native American confederacy defeated at Tippecanoe
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War Hawks
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congressional leaders desiring war
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Battle of New Orleans
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Andrew Jackson commanded US victory in 1814
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Hartford Convention
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New England meeting opposed to war, threatened secession
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Treaty of Ghent
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document officially ending the War of 1812
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