| A | B |
|---|
| partisan | Favoring one side of an issue. |
| Federalist | Was first used to describe someone who supported ratification of the Constitution. |
| implied powers | Powers that were not expressly forbidden in the Constitution. |
| caucuses | Meetings where political parties chose candidates for office. |
| resolve | Bring to an end, a dispute. |
| XYZ Affair | French agents who were asking the U.S. for a bribe and a loan for France. |
| aliens | Immigrants living in a country who were not citizens. |
| sedition | Activities aimed at weakening an established government. |
| Alien & Sedition Acts | Laws that allowed President to imprison aliens out of the country |
| Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions | Claimed the Alien & Sedition Acts violated the Constitution. States could nullify federal laws. |
| nullify | legally overturn |
| principle | basic idea |
| states' rights | Powers of the federal government should be limited to those assigned to it by the Constitution.. |
