Ch. 18 The Age Of Reform

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Bill of Rights

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Guarantees U.S. citizens specific rights such as freedom of speech, religion and the press

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Judiciary Act of 1789

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Congress passed this which established a federal district court for each state.

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Cabinet

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Group that advises the U.S. president made up of the heads of the executive departments.

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Alexander Hamilton

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Secretary of the treasury.

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Capitalisma

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Economic system in which private business runs most industries and competition determines how much goods cost and workers are paid.

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Bank of the United States.

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Consisting of a central bank with branches in major U.S. cities.

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Strict Construction

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Philosophy of narrow constitution interpretation.

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Loose Construction

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Supported the philosophy of constitutional interpretation.

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Whiskey Rebellion

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Protest by farmers in Pennsylvania about new taxes.

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Little Turtle

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Miami chief Michikinikwa commanded the group.

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Anthony Wayne

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Revolutionary War hero, organized and led 3,000 soldiers to protect the frontier

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Treaty of Greenville

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Which gave the U.S. title to American Indians lands making up much of present day Ohio and part of Indiana.

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French Revolution

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French Rebellion begun in 1789 in which the French people overthrew the monarchy and made the country a republic.

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Impressment

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British practice in the early 80's of kidnapping American soldiers to force them to serve in the British navy

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Edmond Genet

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a young French diplomat arrived in the U.S.

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John Jay

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Chief Justice to Britain in 1794 to negotiate a settlement to avoid war.

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Jay's Treaty

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The British agreed to abandon their northwestern forts.

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Pinckney's Treaty

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The southern boundary of the United States with Spanish Florida as the 31st parallel

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Thomas Pinckney

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From South Carolina. Made the Pinckney's Treaty

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Right to Deposit

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The right to temporarily unload goods at New Orleans without paying a duty to Spain.

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Sectionalism

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Or loyalty to a particular part of the country further contributed to the emergence of two parties.

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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord

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France foreign minister, sent three agents to present France's demands to U.S. diplomats.

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XYZ Affair

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Incident in which French agents demanded a bribe and loan from U.S. diplomats in exchange for discussing an agreement that French privateers would no longer attack American ships

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Alien and Sedition Acts

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Intended to protect the nation and to weaken the Rupluicans.

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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

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Denounced the Alien and Sedition Acts as unconstitutional.

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Federal Reserve Act

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1913 which combined these two views

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Clayton Antitrust Act

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October 1914 clarified and extended the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act.

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Federal Trade Commission

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September 1914 authorized to investigate corporation

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Adamson Act

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would reduce the workday for rail roadworkers from 10 to 8 hours

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Keating-Owen Child Labor

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outlawed the interstate sale of products.