Chapter 6

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Tax on foreign goods imported into a country

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Tariff

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an extra sum of money that borrowers have to repay creditors in return for the loan.

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Interest

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belief that the government should not do anything that the constitution does not specifically say it can do

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Strict construction

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belief that the government can do anything that the Constitution does not prohibit

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Loose construction

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not taking sides in a conflict or dispute

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Neutral

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treaty signed in 1794 between the United States and Britain in which Britain sought to improve trade relations and agreed to withdraw from forts in the Northwest Territory

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Jay’s treaty

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unrest in 1794 cause by opposition to a tax on whiskey

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Whiskey Rebellion

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group of people who seek to win elections and hold public office in order to control government policies and programs

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Political party

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Controversy in 1798 over French demands for bribed from American negotiators

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XYZ affair

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Laws passed by Congress in 1798 that enabled the government to imprison or deport aliens and to prosecute critics of the government

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Alien and Sedition Acts

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resolutions passed in 1798 that attacked the Alien and Sedition Acts as being unconstitutional

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Virginia and Kentucky resolutions

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List of items to accomplish

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Agenda

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departments that make up a large organization, such as a government

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Bureaucracy

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last minute judicial appointment of judges with Federalist belief that were made by President Adams just before Thomas Jefferson took office

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Midnight judge

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1803 Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review

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Marbury v. Madison

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power of federal courts to review state laws and state court decisions to determine if they are constitutional

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Judicial review

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Purchase by the united States of Louisiana Territory from France in 1803

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Louisiana Purchase

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Journey by Meriwether and William Clark through the Louisiana Territory from 1804-1806

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Lewis and Clark expedition

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a ban or a restriction on trade

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Embargo

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Battle between America and Native American forces in 1794 over Ohio Territory that led to the defeat of the Native Americans.

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Battle of Fallen Timbers

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treaty signed in 1795 by the United States and several Native American peoples in which the Native Americans gave up control of most of Ohio

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Treaty of Greenville

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federal land set aside for Native Americans

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Reservation

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Process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture

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Assimilation

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Battle in the Indiana Territory in 1811 between U.S. and Native American forces that led to defeat of the Native Americans

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Battle of Tippecanoe

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policy of forcing people into military or public service

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Impressment

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War between the United States and Great Britain

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War of 1812

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Agreement, signed in 1814, that ended the War of 1812

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Treaty of Ghent

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Battle in 1815 between American and British troops for control of New Orleans, ending in an American victory

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Battle of New Orleans

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A severe economic downturn marked by a decrease in business activity, widespread unemployment, and falling prices and wages

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Depression

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1820 agreement calling for the admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and outlawing slavery in future states to be created in the north of 36; 30’ N Latitude

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Missouri Compromise