| A | B |
| Executive Branch | President, Federal Agencies, All of the President's Advisors |
| Judicial Branch | Supreme Court, Lower Federal Courts, Judicial Review |
| Legislative Branch | Congress, House of Representatives |
| Manifest Destiny | Westward Expansion, Louisiana Purchase, Mexican Cession, Oregon Territory |
| Spoils System | Government Jobs to Supporters, Andrew Jackson |
| Northwest Ordinance | Procedure for admission of new states |
| Flexibility of the Constitution | Laws understood to be necessary, Unwritten Constitution, Elastic Clause |
| Separation of Power | Checks and Balances, 3 Brances |
| Salutary Neglect | Independent colonial trade practices, promoted self-government |
| Marshall Court | Strengthened Federal Power, Established Judicial Review |
| Proclamation of Neutrality | Washington's Farewell Address, Avoid Foreign Entanglements, Isolationism |
| Mercantilism | Raw Materials and Markets, Mother Country, Great Brittan |
| Census | House of Representatives, Counting, Population Proportional, Reapportioned |
| Monroe Doctrine | No European influence in Western Hemisphere, Extended Washington's Farewell Address |
| Articles of Confederation | Weaknesses, States had too much Power,Federal Gov't was too weak, Failed |
| Bill of Rights | Individual Liberties, Natural Rights, Individual Rights, Anti-federalists |
| Judicial Review | Marbury vs. Madison, John Marshall, Constitutional vs. Unconstitutional |
| President | Chief Executive, Chief Diplomat, Commander in Chief, Chief Legislator |
| Declaration of Independence | John Locke, European Enlightenment, Natural Rights, Consent of Governed |
| Constitutional Convention of 1787 | Framers of Constitution, Compromise, Representation, Strong Central Gov't, Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists |
| Popular Sovereignty | Voting, Decisions made by the People |
| Slavery Compromises | Missouri Compromise, Fugitive Slave Law, Popular Sovreignty |
| Alexander Hamilton | Financial Plan for Revolutionary War Debt, National Bank, Tariffs, Excise Tax |