| A | B |
|---|
| polticial party | organization of people that seeks to win elections and hold public office in order to shape government. |
| Loose Construction | belief that the government has any power not forbidden in the Constitution |
| Strict Construction | belief that the government is limited to powers clearly stated in the Constitution. |
| administration | Staff of the executive branch |
| tariff | tax on imported goods. |
| virginia and kentucky resolves | – state resolutions passed 1798 declaring the Alien and Sedition Acts unconstitutional. |
| xyz affair | diplomatic controversy in 1798 in which French officials demanded bribes of American negotiators. |
| alien and sedition acts | 1798 law that allowed the government to imprison or deport aliens, and to prosecute its critics. |
| bureaucracy | group of departments and officials that make up an organization such as government. |
| judicial review | – power of the supreme court to decide whether the acts of a president or laws passed by Congress are constitutional. |
| war hawks | members of Congress who pushed for war against Great Britain beginning in 1810. |
| impressment | policy of seizing people or property for military or public use. |
| embargo | official ban or restriction on trade. |
| hartford convention | 1814 meeting of the Federalists from New England who opposed the War of 1812 and demanded constitutional amendments to empower their region. |
