US History Vocabulary List #1
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Alejandraf on February 14, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Unalienable | incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another |
| Quartering | dividing into four equal parts |
| Inaugurate | To swear in office |
| Cabinet | persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers |
| Tariff | A tax on imported goods |
| Import | commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country |
| Export | commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country |
| Interpret | make sense of a language |
| Neutral | one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute |
| Foreign policy | a policy governing international relations |
| Sedition | an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government |
| Alien | a person who comes from a foreign country |
| Political party | an organization to gain political power |
| Radical | A person who takes extreme political positions |
| Unconstitutional | not consistent with or according to a constitution |
| Judicial review | the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and actions of local, state, or national governments unconstitutional |
| Impressment | the act of coercing someone into government service |
| Embargo | a government order imposing a trade barrier |
| Industrial revolution | the change from an agricultural to an industrial society and from home manufacturing to factory production, especially the one that took place in England from about 1750 to about 1850. |
| Factory system | system bringing manufacturing steps together in one place to increase efficiency |
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