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