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electoral college
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group selected from each state to vote in presidential elections based on who the people in their state voted for
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precedent
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an action or decision that is done before any other similar actions; it is an example for things that happen later
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Judiciary act of 1789
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legislation (law) passed by Congress that created the federal court system with judges
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national debt
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total amount of money owed by a country to other people or countries
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bonds
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certificates that represent money the government has borrowed from private citizens (people)
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speculators
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investors who buys items at low prices and hope that they will make money when they sell them later
(hint: speculate = to guess or hope that something will happen) |
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protective tariff
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a tax imported (from other countries) goods that raises their prices so that people buy goods only from the U.S.; these tariffs protect U.S. businesses
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loose construction
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a loose way of inter preting the constitution that lets the federal government do anything that the constitution does not say it can't do
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strict construction
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a strict way of inter-preting the constitution that lets the federal government do only exactly what the constitution says it can do
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bank of the united states
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national bank started by congress in 1791 to provide security or a safe way of having money for the U.S economy
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french revolution
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1789; french revolt against the government in which the french people threw out the monarchy (king and queen) and made their country a republic
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neutrality proclamation
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(1793); statement made by President George Washington that the United States would not take the side of any country at war in Europe after the French Revolution
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privateers
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private ships given permission by a nation to attack its enemies (people they were fighting against)
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Jay's Treaty
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treaty, or agreement, negotiated by John Jay to work out problems between Britain and the U.S. over the western frontier, trade in the Caribbean, British capture of U.S. ships and money owed to British merchants (traders)
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right of deposit
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right, or ability, to drop things off at a location without having to pay money for the cargo (goods)
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Pinckney's Treaty
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(1795); treaty or agreement between Thomas Pinckney of the U.S. and Spain that changed Florida's border and made it easier for American ships to use the port (trade city on the water) of New Orleans
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Battle of Fallen Timbers
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(1794); battle between U.S. soldiers and American Indians who didn't want white people to live in the Northwest Territory; white soldiers burned the Indian land, killing many trees
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Treaty of Greenville
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(1795); treaty or agreement between American Indian leaders and the U.S. government that gave $20,000 in goods to the Indians and gave Indian lands to the U.S; also promised safe travel in the southeastern part of the Northwest territory to U.S. citizens
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Whiskey rebellion
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(1794); protests by small farmers in Pennsylvania against new taxes on (extra money paid to the government for) whiskey and other alcohol
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political parties
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groups of people who organize to help elect government people and affect government policies (laws)
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Federalist Party
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political party (group) created in the 1790s that wanted to strengthen the federal government and help industry (business) and trade
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Democratic Republican Party
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policial party (group) started in the 1790s that tried to save the power of the state governments and help agriculture (farming)
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XYZ affair
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(1797); incident (event) in which French people tried to get a bribe (money) and loans from the U.S. as a trade for promising that French privateers would stop attacking American ships; it led to an undeclared war between two countries
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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(1798); laws that let the president kick people from other countries out of the U.S. if they were treasonous (did something against the government); also made it against the law to write or say anything against the government
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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
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(1798-1799) Republican documents (papers) that argued that the Alien and Sedition Acts were against the constitution
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Twelfth Amendment
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(1804); Constitutional amendment, or change that created a separate ballot (voting list) for president and vice president
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