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History chapter 6
Question | Answer |
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Judicial Act of 1789 | law that established federal court systems and supreme court justices that provided appeal for certain state court decisions |
Canbinet | group of department heads that serve as chief advisers. |
Bank of the United States | Bank funded by federal government and private investors established by congress, first in 1791 second in 1816. |
Democratic Republican | Political party known for its support of strong state governments, founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1792 in opposition to the Federalist Party. |
Two-Party System | Political system dominated by two major parties |
Protective tariff | A tax on imported goods that is intended to protect a nation's businesses from foreign competition. |
Excise tax | a tax on the production, sale, or consumption of goods produced within a country. |
Neutrality | a refusal to take part in a war between other nations |
Little Turtle | Chief of Miami (native) tribe |
Sectionalism | placing of the interests of one's own region ahead of the interests of the nation as a whole. |
XYZ Affair | 1797 incident in which French officials demanded a bribe from U.S. diplomats. |
Alien and Sedition Acts | a searies of four laws enacted in 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants to the United States. |
Nullification | A state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional |
Judiciary Act of 1801 | a law that increased the number of federal judges, allowing President John Adams to fill most of the new posts with federalists. |
Midnight Judge | one of the judges appointed by John Adams in the last hours of his administration. |
Judicial Review | the Supreme court's power to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional |
Louisiana Purchase | the 1803 purchase by the United States of france's Louisiana territory-exteding from the mississippi River to the Rocky mountains-for $15 million. |
Blockade | the use of ships or troops to prevent movement into and out of a port or region controlled by a hostie nation. |
Impressment | the forcible seizure of men for military service |
Embargo | a government ban on trade withone or more other nations |
War Hawk | one of the members of Congress who favored war with Britain in the earl years of the 19th Century. |
Treaty of Ghent | the 1814 treaty that ended the War of 1812 |
Armistice | a truce, or agreement to end an armed conflict. |