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38 Cards in this Set
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tariff
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tax on imported goods |
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neutral
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not on either side |
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interest |
extra sum taken on a loan |
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strict construction
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if it's not specifically written in the constitution, don't do it |
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loose construction |
the constitution is the basic rules, read more in between the lines unless it directly says you cannot do something |
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Whiskey Rebellion |
tax on whiskey |
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political party |
groups of people that seek to win elections to hold a public office in order to make changes to the government |
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XYZ Affair |
French and American negotiation asking for bribes, people not named so disguised by letters
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Alien and Sedition Acts |
any alien can be arrested and deported, and any critic of the government could be punished |
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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions |
were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional
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agenda
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a list of items to be discussed at a formal meeting
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bureaucracy
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a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
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midnight judge
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the term the Democrat-Republicans associated with the judicial appointments made by President John Adams at the very end of his presidential term. The term was coined because it was alleged that President Adams stayed up until midnight of his last night in office to finish paperwork to appoint his Federalist friends and supporters into judicial offices before President Thomas Jefferson, who was considered to be a Democrat-Republican, took office on March 4, 1801.
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Marbury v. Madison
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a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution.
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judicial review
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review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
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Louisiana Purchase
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The purchase by the United States from France of the huge Louisiana Territory in 1803. President Thomas Jefferson ordered the purchase negotiations, fearing that the French, then led by Napoleon, wanted to establish an empire in North America.
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Lewis and Clark expedition
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A journey made by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, to explore the American Northwest, newly purchased from France, and some territories beyond.
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embargo
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an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country
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Battle of Fallen Timbers
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(August 20, 1794) was the final battle of the Northwest Indian War, a struggle between Native American tribes affiliated with the Western Confederacy against the United States for control of the Northwest Territory
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Treaty of Greenville
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It ended the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country and limited strategic parcels of land to the north and west. (August 3, 1795)
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reservation
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an area of land set aside for occupation by North American Indians or Australian Aborigines
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assimilation
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The process by which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group
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Battle of Tippecanoe
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a conflict between the confederacy of native warriors led by Tecumseh, a Shawnee tribe member, and United States armed forces under the leadership of General William Henry Harrison.
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impressment
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refers to the act of taking men into a military or naval force by compulsion, with or without notice
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War of 1812
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A war between Britain and the United States, fought between 1812 and 1815. The War of 1812 has also been called the second American war for independence.
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Treaty of Ghent
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signed on December 24, 1814, in the city of Ghent, was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom.
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depression
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a long and severe recession in an economy or market
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Battle of NOLA
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American victory in a battle that never had to happen. American forces under General Andrew Jackson defeated British forces on January 8, 1815, several weeks after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, which had officially ended the war
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Missouri Compromise
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was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted
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What was Hamilton's plans for paying off debt?
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The federal government would assume the debts of states; he made them pay tariffs and taxes (interest rates) |
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Why did some Americans oppose Hamilton's plan?
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The southern states didn't want to help anyone pay their debts and didn't agree with the tariffs and such |
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How did the French Revolution divide Americans?
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Federalists opposed it because they saw it going badly. Jefferson supporters saw it as a type of revolution, like the American one |
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How did Citizen Genet "overstep" diplomatic boundaries? |
Tried to recruit support for France from private individuals, was pro-revolution while the government was federal |
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What were the terms of Jay's Treaty and why was it controversial?
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Why did the Whiskey Rebellion occur?
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People disagreed with the tax on whiskey |
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Who were the Jeffersonian Republic?
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(Democratic-Republicans) artisans and professional men, middle class, predominantly middle/south to oppose federal power and supported state's rights
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Why did Washington refuse to run for president in 1799 and what was the outcome of that election? |
The criticism from Jeffersonian Republicans, would be like having a king if he served another term, created tradition of two terms |
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How did the XYZ Affair lead to the Alien and Sedition acts?
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