| Term | Definition |
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Judicial Review |
power of the Supreme Court to decide if actions or laws are constitutional or unconstitutional |
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Laissez Faire |
belief that government should not interfere in the economic affairs of the nation |
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Free Market |
an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by competition between businesses, without government regulation |
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Louisiana Purchase |
Large parcel of land bought from France in 1803 that doubled the size of the United States |
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Tribute |
a forced payment of money by one country to another as the price of peace or security. |
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Impressment |
Act of seizing someone and forcing them into military service |
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Embargo Act |
an 1807 law in which the government ordered a ban on trade with other nations |
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Embargo |
a ban on trade |