| A | B |
|---|
| Judiciary Act of 1789 | law that set up the basic structure of the Federal judiciary |
| Alexander Hamilton | the first Secretary of the Treasury, a staunch federalist |
| Cabinet | the president's chief advisors |
| Bank of the United States | advocated by Hamilton to issue paper money and handle tax reciepts and other government funds |
| Democratic-Republicans | Jefferson's party- feared too much federal power and advocated states' rights |
| tariff | tax on imported goods |
| Whiskey Rebellion | uprising by Pennsylvania farmers to protest the tax on whiskey |
| neutrality | not taking sides in a war |
| Little Turtle | leader of the Miami People; fought American expansion into the NW territory |
| Mad Anthony Wayne | fought and defeated the Miami Confederacy at the Battle of Fallen Timbers |
| John Jay | negotiated a treaty with the British over control of the NW territory |
| XYZ affair | scandal in which French diplomats demanded a bribe from American envoys as the price of meeting with the French prime minister |
| Alien and Sedition Acts | laws that restricted freedom to be critical of the government and gave the president powers to deport "dangerous aliens" |
| nullification | belief that states have the right to cancel or nullify federal laws that they believe to be unconstitutional |
| Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | attempts at nullifying the Alien and Sedition Acts |
| impressment | the practice of seizing American sailors at sea and drafting them into the British navy |
| inauguration | ceremony in which the president takes the oath of office |
| State Department | handles the nation's foreign affairs |
| War Department | deals with the nation's defense |
| Treasury Department | handles the nation's finances |
| bond | certificate issued by the government to pay back loans with interest |
| precedent | example to be followed by others in the future |
| Election of 1796 | nation gained a Federalist president and a Republican Vice President |
| Republicans | pro-French |
| Federalists | pro-British |
