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| 149554050 | Aaron Burr | Vice President under Thomas Jefferson; In a duel and killed Alexander Hamilton | |
| 149554051 | Alexander Hamilton | Secretary of Treasury under Washington; part of the Federalist party; opponent of Thomas Jefferson; Killed by Aaron Burr in a duel | |
| 149554052 | Alien Act | Suspicious aliens could be sent back and/or deported to their country. (The Naturalization Act said aliens had to wait 14 years, not 5 to become a legal citizen) | |
| 149554053 | Amendment | To make a change under the Constitution | |
| 149554054 | Articles of Confederation | The first government of the United States after breaking away from Britain/King George III; it was weak because there was no leader and the Congress could not tax or draft an army | |
| 149554055 | Benjamin Banneker | Surveys the capital; black man who could not vote | |
| 149554056 | Bill of Rights | The First ten amendments or CHANGES to the Constitution | |
| 149554057 | Capital or capitol | one refers to city (a); the other building (o); first in PA, then DC | |
| 149554058 | Checks and Balances | So that one branch does not get too much POWER! Each can control the other. Ex: If Congress/Legislative passes a law, the President/Executive can VETO! | |
| 149554059 | Constitution | The guidelines of the three branches of government | |
| 149554060 | Democracy | Government where the people ELECT representatives to make decisions for them | |
| 149554061 | Democratic-Republicans | Political party; Love regular, common people, even farmers; do not want to TAX; think all people can make a decisions if EDUCATED; worry that the government is getting too POWERFUL; People include THOMAS JEFFERSON and JAMES MADISON | |
| 149554062 | Electoral college | The special group who elects the PRESIDENT | |
| 149554063 | Ethnocentrism | When one group or culture thinks they are superior or BETTER THAN OTHERS! | |
| 149554064 | Executive Branch | Includes the PRESIDENT who is the Commander-in-chief and could send troops; could also sign bills into LAW; could also VETO or reject bills | |
| 149554065 | Federalists | Political party; Think the RICH or a small, intelligent group should rule; do want to TAX people; think the government should have a lot of power to CONTROL the country; PEOPLE include ALEXANDER HAMILTON and JOHN ADAMS | |
| 149677689 | George Washington | First president of the United States under the Constitution; set precedent of only 2 terms and picked cabinet of secretaries; did not want to have power like kings in England; died in 1799 | |
| 149677690 | House of Representatives | Has 435 members: bigger states have more representatives; votes based on state POPULATION | |
| 149677691 | House of Senate | Has 100 members; only TWO people from each state | |
| 149677692 | John Adams | 2nd president; was vice president under George WASHINGTON; first family to live in President's house in D.C.; signed the ALIEN and SEDITION Acts into law | |
| 149677693 | John Marshall | Was named Chief JUSTICE of Supreme Court by John Adams; thought of JUDICIAL REVIEW, which gave courts the power to declare laws UNCONSTITUTIONAL or unfair (case of Marbury vs. Madison 1803) | |
| 149677694 | Judicial Branch | The SUPREME COURT has ability to decide if laws are fair or unfair; 9 justices on court | |
| 149677695 | Judicial Review | The SUPREME COURT's ability to decide if laws are fair or unconstitutional/unfair. (Decided in Marbury v. Madison 1803) | |
| 149677696 | Legislative Branch | Includes CONGRESS, which has two houses: House of SENATE and House of REPRESENTATIVES; they argue and pass bills into law | |
| 149677697 | Lewis and Clark | Sent by THOMAS JEFFERSON to explore LOUISIANA PURCHASE and make relations/connections with Indians; slave York assisted as well as Sacagawea | |
| 149677698 | Louisiana Purchase | Land west of Mississippi River bought by Thomas Jefferson for $15 million dollars or three cents an acre. Bought from FRANCE in 1803: It DOUBLED the size of the country. | |
| 149677699 | Matthew "Spitting" Lyon | Said that President JOHN ADAMS was crazy for signing the SEDITION ACT and should go to "MAD HOUSE" - Lyon went to jail for criticizing the government | |
| 149677700 | Sedition Act | Said people could not criticize the government | |
| 149677701 | Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa | Shawnee brothers who led the first PAN INDIAN MOVEMENT - they UNITED tribes from north to south, so they could fight for their land and go back to old Indian ways. | |
| 149677702 | Thomas Jefferson | Secretary of STATE under Washington; was part of DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN party; Became the THIRD President; Bought the LOUISIANA PURCHASE; hated ALIEN & SEDITION acts because he thought the people should always have freedom | |
| 149677703 | Whiskey Rebellion | Farmers in PENNSYLVANIA/PITTSBURG are mad about being TAXED and try to rebel; President WASHINGTON and Sec. of TREASURY, HAMILTON go with troops and show farmers the government has more power than them | |
| 149677704 | William Henry Harrison | Governor of Indiana Territory who fought Tecumseh and later becomes the ninth president | |
| 149677705 | Xenophobia | To FEAR strangers or foreigners | |
| 149677706 | Precedents | to set an example that others will follow | |
| 149686036 | Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | Thomas Jefferson and James Madison helped write these, so states could IGNORE laws they did not agree with. This was the Democratic-Republican way to IGNORE the Alien & Sedition Acts passed by Federalists | |
| 149686037 | Spoils system | When a political victor/winner HIRES all friends, relatives, etc. and FIRES the old party. | |
| 149686038 | Trail of Tears | 1838 federal troops round up and force 16,000 Cherokee to march from their homes in Georgia to Oklahoma territory, causing the death of 1/4 of all the Natives: 4,000 in all - the ENFORCEMENT of the INDIAN-REMOVAL ACT under ANDREW JACKSON! | |
| 149686039 | Indian Removal Act | Andrew Jackson required Indians living east of the Mississippi River to move west into Indian-territory (what is today modern-Oklahoma) | |
| 149686040 | War of 1812 | When the British were still living on western territory, encouraging Indians to be violent, and taking sailors as prisoners, the US wanted to SHOW THEIR INDEPENDENCE and declared the _____ __ _______! | |
| 149686041 | Monroe Doctrine | After the War of 1812, the US wanted to show it's authority: James Monroe told Europe to keep their HANDS OFF the Americas (including North and South America) | |
| 149686042 | Battle of Fort McHenry | If the US could stop Great Britain at this battle, they would prevent the ships from entering Baltimore harbor. This battle last 25 hours and there was intense cannon-fire (over 1,500). When the firing finished, a | |
| 149686043 | Francis Scott Key | Wrote the Star Spangled Banner after seeing a 30x42 foot flag waving over Ft. McHenry. This meant the US maintained the fort and Great Britain was unable to enter the city of Baltimore during the War of 1812 | |
| 149686044 | ramparts | Walls of defense like those at the Battle of Fort McHenry | |
| 149686045 | impressment | British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service | |
| 150527619 | Federalist | Wants strong, central government: Wanted to change the Articles of Confederation because the government was too WEAK | |
| 150527620 | Anti-federalist | Wanted the states to have more power than the government: Wanted to keep the Articles of Confederation as people/states had more power than government | |
| 150527621 | New Jersey Plan | Proposed equal representation for each state. This plan was preferred by small states during the Constitutional Convention because they had equal say. | |
| 150527622 | Virginia Plan | Proposed proportional representation, that is each state is represented by state population. This was preferred by large states since they had more people and more say. | |
| 150527623 | Great Compromise | This is also known as the Connecticut Compromise. It created a BICAMERAL or two-house legislature. A House of Senate with equal representation and a House of Representatives based on state population | |
| 150530693 | Unalienable Rights | The right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness |
