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22 Cards in this Set
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To swear in or to induct into office (as President)
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inaugurate
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a system of courts & judges
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Judiciary
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An agreement signed by 12 tribes ceding much of present day Ohio & Indiana to the U.S. government
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Treaty of greenville
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Tax on imported goods
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tariff
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Pact with Spain to reduce tensions along the Frontier, setting the 31st parallel as the Southern U.S. border
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Pinckney's Treaty
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A 1797 incident in which French officials demanded a bribe from U.S. diplomats
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XYZ Affair
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An institution Alexander Hamilton wanted to create to aid the new nation's economy
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National bank
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A violent uprising of French citizens demanding liberty & eqaulity, inspired by the American Revolution
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French Revolution
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The agreement with Britain that ended the dispute over American shipping during the French Revolution
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Jay's Treaty
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The 1794 clash over the Northwest Territory in which the fedral army defeated the Native Americans
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Battle of Fallen Timbers
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Passed by Congress to create a court system, including a six member Supreme Court and lower federal courts
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Federal Judiciary Act
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Group that supported a strong national government, a national bank, & loose construction of the Constitution
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Federalist Party
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Group of President appointed heads of departments, created by Congress to help the President
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cabinet (the President's cabinet)
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Farmers' protest of the government't tax on whiskey, a product vital to the economy of the backcountry
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The Whiskey Rebellion
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A country is ths when it does not take sides in other nations' conflicts
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Neutral
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An organization that promotes its ideas, influences government, & elects candidates for office
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Political Party
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Relations with governments of other countries
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Foreign Policy
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Group that supported a limited national government & strict construction of the Constitution.
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Democratic-Republican Party
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A series of four laws enacted in 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants to the U.S.
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Alien & Sedition Acts
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Theory that claimed the states had rights that the Federal governments could not violate
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states rights
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A document that gave inventors exclusive right to profit from their inventions for a period of time
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patent
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capitalism or American merchants can trade where they choose and make a profit for themselves
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Free-Enterprise
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