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Adams: X,Y,Z Affair ocurred while he was in office. He also passed the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798. He was not a popular president.
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Adams-Onis Treaty: when adams took florida from spain
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Alexander Hamilton: Washington's Secretary of the Treasury
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Alien Acts: This made it difficult for foreigners to become U.S. citizens
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Alien and Sedition Acts: Laws passed by congress in 1798 that enabled the government to imprison or deport aliens and to prosecute critics of the government
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Andrew Jackson: military victor of the Battle of New Orleans
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Barbary Pirates: Plundering pirates off the Mediterranean coast of Africa; President Thomas Jefferson's refusal to pay them tribute to protect American ships sparked an undeclared naval war with North African nations
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Battle of Fallen Timbers: The U.S. Army defeated the Native Americans under Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket and ended Native American hopes of keeping their land that lay north of the Ohio River
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Battle of Lake Erie: U.S. victory in the War of 1812, led by Oliver Hazard Perry: broke Britain's control of Lake Erie.
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Battle of New Orleans: A battle during the War of 1812 where the British army attempted to take New Orleans. Due to the foolish frontal attack, Jackson defeated them, which gave him an enormous popularity boost.
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Battle of Tippecanoe: Tecumseh & the prophet form confederation and are defeated by William Henry Harriso
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Bond: a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money
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Cabinet: a group of advisors to the president
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Constitutional: a law or act that is true or valid under our constitution
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cotton gin: a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
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Election of 1800: Jefferson and Burr each received 73 votes in the Electoral College, so the House of Representatives had to decide the outcome. The House chose Jefferson as President and Burr as Vice President.
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Eli Whitney: invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts
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Embargo Act: signed by thomas jefferson in 1807 - stop export of all american goods and american ships from sailing for foreign ports
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erie canal: an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo
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Excise Tax: tax on certain goods such as Whiskey
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Financial panic: an economic crisis
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Francis Scott Key: United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812. The poem later became the Star Spangled Banner.
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George Washington: The first president who didn't belong to a political party
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Hawk v.s. Dove: (war) Hawks wanted war and Dove's wanted peace
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Henry Clay: United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
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Impressed: being kidnapped on the sea
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Inauguration: ceremony in which the President takes the oath of office
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Industrial Revolution: the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation
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Interchangeable Parts: a part that is exactly like another part
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James Madison: The fourth president who was a democratic republican
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James Monroe: The fifth president who was a democratic republican
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Jay's Treaty: the agreement with britain that ended dispute over american shipping during french revolution
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Jefferson: He made the Louisiana purchase which doubled the size of our country. Lewis and Clark Expidition. Passed Embargo Act.
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John Adams: The second president who was a federalist
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Judiciary Act of 1789: law that created the Judicial Branch of the federal government.
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Lewis and Clark: Two explorers sent by the president to explore the Louisiana Purchase
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Little Turtle: native american leader who led native american confederacy against americans in the battle of fallen timbers
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Loose Construction: belief that the government can do anything that the constitution does not prohibit
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louisiana purchase: The U.S., under Jefferson, bought the Louisiana territory from France, under the rule of Napoleon, in 1803. The U.S. paid $15 million for the Louisiana Purchase, and Napoleon gave up his empire in North America. The U.S. gained control of Mississippi trade route and doubled its size.
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Lowell Mills: textile mills located in a factory town of lowell
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Madison: Declared war of 1812 on britain. Treaty of Ghent
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Marbury v.s. Madison: landmark case establishing the principle of judicial review
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missouri compromise of 1820: Maine entered US as a free state and Missouri entered as a slave state
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Monroe: Passed the Monroe Doctrine and Missouri Compromise while he was in office
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Monroe Doctrine: a policy of U.S. opposition to any European interferece in the western hemisphere,
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Nat Turner: leader of a violent slave rebellion
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National Bank: Hamilton's big idea; fiercely opposed by Jefferson and Democratic-Rep.... federalists were for this idea
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Nationalism: a feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness toward one's country
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Nullify: declare a law or act invalid
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Pinckney's Treaty: treaty with spain that allowed americans to use the mississippi river and store goods in new orleans
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Political Parties: In his Farewell Address Washington advised Americans not to form these because he believed they would be harmful to American democracy.
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Proclaimation of Neutrality: washington decided we would stay neutral during the french revolution
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Protective tariff: A tax on an imported product instituted to protect local industries.
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Sacagawea: Native American woman that helped Lewis and Clark
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Sectionalism: placing of the interests of ones own region ahead of the interests of the nation as a whole
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Sedition Acts: Limited the freedom of Press and Speech of the citizens. If a citizen "bad mouthed" the government they were imprisoned and fined
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State's Rights: the belief that an individual state may restrict federal authority
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Strict Construction: belief that the goavernment should not do anything that the constitution does not specifically say it can do
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Tecumseh: a famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)
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Thomas Jefferson: The third president who was a democratic republican
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Treaty of Ghent: treaty that ended the war of 1812
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war of 1812: a war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France
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Washington: He decided we would stay neutral during that French Revolution
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Whiskey Rebellion: a protest caused by tax on liquor; it tested the will of the government, Washington's quick response showed the government's strength and mercy
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William Henry Harrison: defeated the Shawnee at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
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XYZ Affair: incident of the late 1790s in which French secret agents demanded a bribe and a loan to France in lieu of negotiating a dispute over the Jay Treaty and other issues
