Vocab Worksheet Flashcards
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What is inauguration
A ceremony in which the president takes the oath of office
What is a precedent?
An example to be followed by others in the future.
What is the cabinet?
Leaders of the three departments of the executive branch, and the attorney general. They serve to advise the president.
What is unconstitutional?
Contrary to what is permitted in the Constitution
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The first secretary of treasury of United States. Responsible for developing a plan to solve the nations debt. Leader of the Republican political party.
What is the elastic clause of the Constitution
A part of the Constitution that gives Congress the power to make whatever laws necessary to carry out the first 17 clauses.
What is a tariff.
A tax on imported goods.
What was the whiskey rebellion?
A rebellion of backcountry farmers caused by a tax imposed on whiskey made and sold in the United States.
Define Democratic Republicans
A political party that argued the federal government was too strong, and they wanted to keep most power at the state and local levels of government. They feared a strong central government. They were headed by Thomas Jefferson.
Who were Federalists?
The political party that supported a strong central government. They were led by Alexander Hamilton
What was the Treaty of Greenville
A treaty which broke Native Americans hold on the Northwest territory. Leaders of defeated Native American Nations gave up most of their lands from the Ohio River in the south to Lake Erie in the north.
Define neutral
Not favoring either side in a dispute
What is impressment
When the British seized American sailors off ships and force them to serve in the British Navy
What was the Jay Treaty
A treaty negotiated by Johnjay in order to repair relations with Britain
What was Washington’s farewell address?
Washington’s letter to fellow Americans, announcing his retirement. In it, he warned against political divisions being dangerous, and also warned not to get involved in the affairs of Europe.
What was the XYZ affair?
When Adams sent three people to France, the French demanded a bribe of 250,000 because in their eyes the US was siding with Britain in war that was currently being fought between Britain and France.
What was the alien act
That’s aimed at immigrants that controlled how long you had to live in the United States to become a citizen. It also gave the president the power to deport or imprison any immigrant he considered dangerous.
What was the sedition act?
A law that targeted Republicans in order to try and restore peace at home. It made it a crime for anyone to write or say anything insulting or false against the Pres. Congress or the government in general
Define nullify
.To deprive of legal force
Define states rights.
The idea that the union binding the United States is an agreement between the states and therefore they can overrule federal law.
What were the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions?
Resolutions provoked by the alien and sedition act that claimed the states have the right to nullify a law passed by Congress.
