| A | B |
|---|
| Alien and Sedition Acts | law that made it a crime for editors, writers or speakers to criticize the government |
| Currency | money used in a nation |
| Federalist Party | supported Alexander Hamilton, favored a strong central government |
| Political Parties | groups of people who join because they have similar views on government |
| Republican Party | supported Thomas Jefferson, favored limiting the power of the federal government, not connected to the Republican Party today |
| Judicial Review | Supreme Court decides if laws and actions of government agree with the Constitution or if they are unconstitutional |
| Marbury v. Madison | the Supreme Court decided an act of Congress was unconstitutional, established the Court's power of constitutional judicial review |
| Null and Void | a law is unconstitutional and may not be enforced |
| Opinion of the court | a written statement of what the Supreme Court decided and why |
| Interpret | deciding what the terms and phrases in the Constitution actually mean |
| Second Amendment | part of the Bill of Rights, gives people the right to own a gun |
