100
Alien
What is an immigrant who is not a citizen of a country but is living there?
100
State's rights
To limit the national government to those powers specifically assigned to it by the constitution.
100
Speculators
Those who take risks with their money in order to make larger profits.
100
Partisan
Someone who is ________ favors one side of an issue
100
Bill of Rights
What are the 10 amendment's in the Constitution known as?
200
Cabinet
The _______ is made up of the heads of government departments who are nominated by the president.
200
Tariffs
Taxes on imports, against the British as a means of encouraging American manufacturing.
200
National debt
The amount of money the nation's government owes is called ________.
200
Thomas Jefferson
Who was George Washington's "Secretary of State"?
200
Established the supreme courts, district courts, and court of appeals
What was the importance of the Judiciary Act?
300
Nullify
To _____ is to legally overturn a law.
300
Implied powers
The national government had powers that were suggested but not directly stated in the Constitution.
300
Neutrality
In the conflict between Britain and France, President Washington proposed neutrality, refusing to take sides.
300
Alexander Hamilton
Who was George Washington's "Secretary of the Treasury"?
300
Claimed that the Alien and Sedition Acts could not be put into action because they violated the Constitution
What did "The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions" do for immigrants?
400
Precedents
Traditions that future presidents continued.
400
Unconstitutional
The task of the Supreme Court to determine whether or not laws follow the Constitution; those that do not are declared _________________.
400
Bonds
Alexander Hamilton proposed offering ________ which are paper notes of the government's promise to repay money borrowed in a certain length of time.
400
Henry Knox
Who was George Washington's "Secretary of War"?
400
Democratic-Republicans
Political party that wanted to limit government interaction and favored policies tending to small farmers and urban workers
500
Caucus
A meeting held by a political party to choose the party's candidate for office is known as a ________
500
Sedition
Activities aimed at weakening the established government
500
Impressment
The British practice of ________, stopped American merchant ships and forced their crews into the British navy, and became a problem for Washington's government
500
Edmund Randolph
Who was George Washington's "Attorney General"?
500
Federalists
Political party that supported the ratification of the Constitution and also favored policies tending to banking and business






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