Chapter 7 Vocabulary

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Precedent

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An example or tradition

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Cabinet

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The president's closest advisors/office-holders

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Bond

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A promise to repay borrowed money

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Impressment

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The practice of forcing American crews into the British navy

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Partisan

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Favoring one party

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Caucus

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A meeting by members of a political party to select candidates

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Alien

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A foreign non-citizen

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Sedition

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Encouraging resistance or rebellion

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Nullify

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To legally overturn a law

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States' Rights

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The idea that states should have all powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government or forbid to the states