Chapter 6 test

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Judiciary Act of 1789

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Created a federal court system

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Congress also created three departments to assist the president

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1. State department to handle foreign affairs, 2. War Department to manage military affairs, 3. Treasury Department to oversee the nation’s finances

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Capitalism

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Economic system based on a free market and private ownership of property

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To finance the Revolutionary War

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The Continental Congress had sold government bonds

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Alexander Hamilton proposed strengthening the nation’s finances by

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Setting up a national bank with branches

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Loose construction

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Belief that the government can do anything that is not strictly forbidden by the Constitution

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Hamilton’s financial programs were considered unfair at the time by

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Western farmers

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Whiskey Rebellion

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Farmers protest of a federal tax

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Impressment

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Kidnapping of sailors from American ships

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Treaty of Greenville

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Gave Native American land to the United States following the confederations defeat at the Battle of Fallen Timbers

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Pinckney’s Treaty

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Gave Americans the right of deposit at New Orleans and set the U.S. Southern Boundary at the 31st parallel

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Important results of both Jay’s Treaty and Pinckney’s Treaty included

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gaining economic advantages

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Sectionalism

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Regional loyalty that led to the growth of the two-party political system

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Two Party System

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Developed as a result of sectionalism and rivalry between Federalists and Republicans

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The following were causes of tension between the United States and France in the 1790s

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1. The XYZ affair, 2. U.S. neutrality, 3. Jay’s Treaty

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Alien and Sedition Acts

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Congressional measures aimed against Republicans and critics of the U.S. government

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The act of stirring up of discontent or rebellion against a government is known as

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sedition

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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

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Argued for state’s right to decide constitutionality of a federal law

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The Republicans argued that it was the state’s rights to

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declare a federal law or action unconstitutional in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

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Judicial review

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Principle initiated by John Marshall that helped shape the U.S. legal system

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Judicial Review is the right of the Supreme Court to

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declare an act of Congress unconstitutional

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John Marshall

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Chief Justice who established the principle of Judicial Review

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During President Jefferson’s first term in office, the Republican Congress

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1. Did not enforce the Whiskey Tax, 2. Did not increase military spending, 3. Did not expand the army and the navy

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In the early 1800s the U.S. Government strengthened its naval force and limited foreign trade in response to

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harassment of U.S. ships by foreign countries

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Toussant L’Overture

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Former slave who led a rebellion against French control in the West Indies

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The Louisiana Purchase resulted in

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U.S. control of the Mississippi River

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Lewis and Clark expedition

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Organized to map the Louisiana Territory and list its resources

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Zebulon Pike

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Explorer who helped map the Louisiana Territory

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The Louisiana Purchase increased the U.S. prestige and shaped national identity

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but it had negative consequences for Native Americans and African Americans

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Non-Intercourse Act

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Prohibited U.S. trade with Great Britain and France

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Tecumseh

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Shawnee leader whose dream of united Native American confederation ended at the Battle of Tippecanoe

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Tecumseh

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Native American leader who sought a military alliance among the Indian nations

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Battle of Thames

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Broke British hold on Northwest Territory

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The Battle of New Orleans was won by U.S. sharpshooters and artillery

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under the leadership of Andrew Jackson

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The primary issue over which the War of 1812 was fought

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long-standing economic and territorial problems with Great Britain

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The War of 1812 resulted in all of the following

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1. Guarantee of U.S. control over the Northwest Territory, 2. Forging a new alliance with Great Britain, 3. Restoration of prewar territorial boundaries

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During the 1790’s and early 1800’s as the country established itself as an independent, democratic nation

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the United States had strained diplomatic relations with other countries