Unit 9: Adams and Jefferson Vocab

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Foreigner in the U.S.

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Alien

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Speech or act encouraging rebellion against government

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Sedition

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Acts targeting French immigrants, silencing pro-French Democrats, seen as violating the First Amendment.

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Alien and Sedition Acts

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Documents claiming the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.

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The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

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President's first speech:

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Inaugural Address

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Winning this means more than half.

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Majority

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French leader who sold Louisiana Territory to Jefferson

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Thomas Jefferson bought this from France for $15 million

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Louisiana Territory

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Supreme Court's power to determine constitutionality of laws established by:

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Marbury v. Madison

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Supreme Court's power to judge laws' constitutionality

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Judicial Review