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Chapter 6 vocabulary
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History
11th Grade
10/23/2007

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cabinet

Definition
a group of advisors to the president
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bond
Definition
paper notes promising to repay money after a certain lengh of time with interest
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speculator
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people willing to take a risk in hopes of future financial gain

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enumerated power
Definition
power specifically mentioned in the constitution
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implied power

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power not explicitly listed in the constitution but necessary for the goverment to do its job
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agrarianism
Definition
jeffersons ideas
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tariff of 1789

Definition
law that required importers to pay a pecentage of the value of the cargo when they landed it in the united states
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bank of america

Definition
alexander hamilton created it and signed it in 1791
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whiskey rebellion
Definition
rebellion that was caused by the tax on whiskey
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most-favored nation

Definition
a policy between country's ensuring fair trading practices
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alien
Definition

people living in the country that were not citizens

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sedition
Definition
incitement to rebellion
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interposition

Definition
theory that a state should be able to intervene between the federal goverment and the people to stop illegal action
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nullification
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theory that states have the right to declare a federal law invalid
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jay's treaty

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1794 prevents war between the united states and britian
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pinckney's treaty

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granted the united states the right to navigate the mississippi and to deposit goods at the port of new orleans
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washington's farewell address
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warned americans about sectionalism/ to avoid dividing the country into north against south or east against west also warned about alliances
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quasi-war

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french and britians undeclared war

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alien and sedation acts

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first three acts aimed at aliens last one aimed at sedation
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judicial review
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power to decide whether laws passed by congress were constitutional and to strike down those laws that were not
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impressment
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a legalized form of kidnapping that forced people into military service

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embargo
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a goverment ban on trade with other countries
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john marshall

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chief justice of the united states
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louisiana purchase
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a deal in which the united states paid 15 million for the territory of louisiana
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meriwether lewis

Definition
jeffersons private secretary
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william clark

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the younger brother of the revolutionary war hero

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sacagawea
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shoshone women who joined lewis and clarks expedition as a guide and interpreter

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zebulon pike
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mapped much of the upper mississippi
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war hawks
Definition
members of the Congress who voted for the war of 1812
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nationalism
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patriotism
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non-intercourse act
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forbade trade with france and britian while authorizing the president to reopen trade with whichever country removed its trade restriction first
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tecumseh
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shawnee leader

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william henry harrison
Definition
governor of the indiana territory
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oliver perry
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secretly arranged for the construction of a fleet on the coast of lake erie in ohio
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hartford convention
Definition

called for several constitutional amendments to increase the regions political power

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treaty of gnent
Definition
ends the war of 1812
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