The New Nation Vocaby

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Federalist

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Hamilton, strong centralized government, prospering cities and business, a role in world affairs, in favor of the Constitution, business men and professionals, New England Merchants

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Democratic Republicans

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Anti-Federalist, Jefferson/Madison, smaller central government, more rural, power left to states, larger groups

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Strict Interpretation

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Government, should only do what is specifically in the Constitution, Jeffersonian Republics

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Loose Interpretation

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Government can do anything as long as the Constitution does not say we can't, Hamilton and the Federalist

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Alien and Sedation Acts

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Laws passed by Congress that allowed government to deport foreigners & jail critics

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Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions

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Said that the states could nullify federal laws (could disregard federal laws), only passed in Kentucky and Virginia

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Marbury v. Madison

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Established judicial review, ruled by John Marshall, in response to the "midnight judges" incident

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John Marshall

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Longest serving Supreme Court Justice, ruled in Marbury v. Madison

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suffrage requirements

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21 years old, white, male, landowner

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Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality

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Belief that future growth and prosperity relied on staying out of foreign affairs, warned not to ally with any foreign country

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War Hawks

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Politicians who pushed for war, not concerned about foreign affairs but with frontier events, wanted a conquest of Canada

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Battle of New Orleans

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Fought in January 1815, Andrew Jackson turned back the British forces

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Impressment

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Being kidnapped and forced to work on ships, usually the British Navy

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Embargo Act

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1807, Prohibited exports to foreign countries, in response to the Chesapeake incident, was detrimental to the economy, pushed America to war