| A | B |
|---|
| Precedent | the event that starts a tradition |
| Cabinet | The department heads that help run the executive branch |
| National Debt | The amount of money a nations gov't owes |
| Tariff | A tax on imported goods |
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | Congress created the federal court system |
| Whiskey Rebellion | An armed protest crushed by army |
| Proclamation of Neutrality | Stopped American involvement in French - British war |
| Impressment | Forcing captured Americans into British Navy |
| Implied Powers | Fed powers not mentioned in Constitution (Bank) |
| Democratic Republican | Jefferson's political party believed in small federal government |
| Alien & Sedition Act | laws that violated citizen's 1st amendment rights |
| States Rights | rights the federal govt can't violate |
| Elastic Clause | extra powers given the fed. govt |
| Unwritten Constitution | political practices not set by the Constitution (ie. political parties) |
| Nullify | to void or cancel |
| Federalists | believed in strong federal gov't |
| Marbury v. Madison | Established Judicial Review for Supreme Court |
| New York City | first US Capital |
| Hamilton's Financial Plan | Pay off the debt of the states |
| John Adams | 2nd President of the US (Federalist) |
| Alexander Hamilton | Washington's Secretary of the treasury |
| Strict Construction | To read a document literally, and without interpretation |
| Loose Construction | To read extar into a document through interpretation |
| X,Y,Z Affair | Diplomatic insult by the French to the US - almost starts a war |
| Louisiana Purchase | Doubled size of US overnight for $15 mil |
| Judicial Review | Power to nullify an unconstitutional law |
| Lewis and Clark | Jefferson's explorers of the West |
| Sacajawea | Indian guide, translator for Lewis and Clark |
| Impressment | Forcing American sailors into Bristish Navy against their will |
| Embargo | Jefferson prevented foreign trade |
| War of 1812 | 2nd War for American Independence against Britain |
| Treaty of Ghent, 1814 | Treaty to end War of 1812 with American victory |
