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45 Cards in this Set
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Judiciary act of 1789
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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 executive departments.
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Alexander Hamilton
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Secretary of Treasury
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Bill of rights
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Granted citizens of USA to have specific basic rights.
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Strict construction
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Do only what the constitution specifically allows
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Loose Construction
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Government can do anything the constitution does not specify
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Protest by farmers because f the new taxes on boos
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Little Turtle
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Chief of the Michikinikwa
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Anthony Wayne
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Revolutionary war hero, led 3,000 soldiers to the frontier.
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Battle of Fallen Timbers
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Confederation clashed with Wayne's army.
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Treaty of Greenville
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negotiations wi5th both sides after Battle of Fallen Timbers.
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French Revolution
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revolution of the French
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Impressement
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kidnapping.
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Edmund Genet
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French Diplomat, wanted to start "revolutionary clubs."
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John Jay
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Chief Justice, sent to negotiate settlement.
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Jay's Treaty
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The British agreed to abandon their northwest forts.
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Pinckney's Treaty
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Spain moves quickly to settle its deputes with the USA.
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Tomas Pickney
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From South Carolina, recognized southern state boundaries.
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Right of deposit
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the right to temporarily unload goods @ New Orleans w/ out paying duty to spain.
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Sectionalism
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loyal to a particular part of country. (your own state)
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Maurice de Talleyrand- Perigord
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Frances foreign minister sent 3 dudes to USA diploments.
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XYZ Affair
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X Y and Z were substituted for names of Talleyrand's agents. Made Adams prepare for war.
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Alien and Sedition acts
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Series of laws made to protect the nation.
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Kentucky and Virginia Resolution
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Denounced the Alien and Sedition Acts as unconstitutional.
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Aron Burr
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US senator from NY against federalist, John Adams and John Pinckney for presidency.
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12th Amendment
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Created a separate ballod for the vice and president.
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John Marshall
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Chief justice chosen by John Adams.
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Judicial Review
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Power of the courts to declare an act of congress unconstitutional.
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Marbury vs. Madison
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The court first exercised the right to declare some thing unconstitutional with this case.
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Louisiana Purchase
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We payed 15 million $ to buy Louisiana.
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Toussaint- Louverture
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African colony took over them.
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Zebulon Pike
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First published their reports of the Mississippi.
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Orders in Council
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forbade neutral vessels from trading with France or entering ports under French control.
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Embargo Act
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Stopped American products from entering foreign ports.
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Non- Intercourse Acts
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Prohibited US trade with GB
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Tecumseh
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leader of an indian tribe
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William Henery Harrison
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marshaled troops for an attack along an Indian river.
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Battle of Tippecaoe
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ended in defeat for the indians.
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Dolley madison
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First lady
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Hartford Convention
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voted against secession.
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Hartford Convention
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Wanted congress to vote to limit powers in the southern states.
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Treaty of Grant
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Officially ended war and restored all conquered territories.
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Andrew Jackson
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President, also a general
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Battle of New Orleans
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Most decisive U.S. victory in the war, 2,000 British Causalities.
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Dolley Madison
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First Lady
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