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21 Cards in this Set
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interest
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an extra sum of money that borrowers have to repay creditors in return for the loan
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strict construction
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gov. cannot do anything the constitution does not specifically say it can do
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loose construction
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gov. can do anything that the constitution does not say it cannot do
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political party
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group of people who seek to win elections and hold public office in order to control gov. policy and programs
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Thomas Jefferson
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a firm believer in the people and decentralized power; reduced the federal gov.
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Alexander Hamilton
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federalist; first secretary of the treasury, loved taxes
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John Jay
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sent to make a treaty with the british because the trade was really bad, but the treated sucked. It had too much to do with the British.
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John Adams
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worked to relieve increasing tensions with France; lost reelection to Jefferson
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nullification
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A state's refusal to recognize a federal law
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John Marshall
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Chief Justice of the supreme court appointed by John Adams; set precedents that established vital powers of the federal courts
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bureaucracy
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Departments that a make up a large organization, such as a gov.
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Aaron Burr
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vice president; rival of Jefferson, Killed Hamilton in a duel, it was over for him
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louisiana purchase
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Purchase by the U.S. of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.
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assimilation
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Process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture.
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Lewis and Clark
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Goal was to search for river routes to the western ocean, make contact with the Native Amercians living in the territory, and gather info about the region's natural resources.
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impressment
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Policy of forcing people into military or public service.
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Frances Scott Key
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a lawyer who wrote the star spangled banner
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James Monroe
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was sent to Paris by Jefferson to buy the city of New Orleans
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embargo
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Restriction on trade.
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reservation
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areas set aside by the federal gov. for the Native Americans who lost their homeland.
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Tariff
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tax on foreign goods imported into a country
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