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What is Alien and Sedition Acts
A group of laws that limited the rights of immigrants
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What is Loose Interpretation
If it doesn't say you can't, then you can
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What is Tariff
A tax on imported goods
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What is Attorney General Edmund Randolph
Advises the president on legal matters
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What is cabinet
A group of people who help the president to make important decisions
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What is Marbury vs. Madison
The case that helped give the supreme court the power to declare a law constitutional or unconstitutional
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What is Twelfth Amendment
The electoral college will elect the president and vice president separately
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What is Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson
Oversees foreign relations
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What is Embargo Act
It banned all foreign trade (imports and exports)
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What is Political Party
A group of people who try to promote their beliefs and run the government
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What is War Hawk
Member of Congress that wanted to declare war on Great Britain
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What is Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton
Manages the government's money
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What is Impressment
Kidnapping sailors to work on your country's ships
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What is Precedent
An action someone takes and hopes that others will follow
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What is XYZ affair
Americans wanted to negotiate a peace treaty so Adams sent delegates to France where they were met by three agents who said they could only negotiate if they give France $250,000 and a $12 million load.
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What is Secretary of War Henry Knox
Helps make important military decisions
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What is Judicial Review
The supreme court can declare a law constitutional or unconstitutional
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What is Strict Interpretation
If it doesn't say you can, then you can't
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What is Non-intercourse Act
Repealed and replaced the Embargo Act of 1807 and banned trade with Great Britain and France only
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What is Hamilton's Financial Plan
Pay off all war debts, tariffs, national banks
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