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| lame duck | describes a political official whose power has been diminished because of an inability to seek another term or political defeat |
| commission | the official legal authorization or appointing of a person to an office or military position |
| writ | a formal legal document ordering or prohibiting an act |
| impeachment | the charge of a public official with improper conduct in office; an accusation |
| pacifist | characterized by principled opposition to all war and a belief in nonviolent solutions to conflict |
| consulate | a place where a government representative is stationed in a foreign country but not the main embassy |
| cede | To yield or grant something, often under threat or pressure |
| precedent | in law or government, a decision or action that establishes a sanctioned rule for determining similar cases in the future |
| secession | the withdrawl by legal or illegal means of one portion of a political entity from the government to which it has been bound |
| conscription | compulsory enrollment of men and women into the armed forces; impressment |
| broadside | the simultaneous firing of all guns on one side of a ship |
| embargo | a government order prohibiting commerce in or out of a port |
| patronage | the practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs |
| judicial review | the doctrine that allows the judiciary to judge the constitutionality of acts of government |
| impressment | the British practice of forcing men into the British navy; a type of conscription |
| economic coercion | Jefferson's policy of attempting to bring pressure to bear on the French and British through using American trade leverage |
| Macon's Bill Number 2 | The law lifted all embargoes with Britain and France (for three months). If either one of the two countries ceased attacks upon American shipping, the United States would end trade with the other, unless that other country agreed to recognize the rights of the neutral American ships as well |
| war hawks | a group of Western and Southern congressmen who wanted war with Britain in 1812; Calhoun, Clay, and Jackson |
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | set up the outlines of the federal judiial branch |
| Battle of Austerlitz | one of Napoleon's greatest victories; left Napleon in a position to dominate Continental Europe |
