Early Republic Vocabulary

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Laissez faire
Free Enterprise

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When the government doesn't interfere with private business.

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Alien Act

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Laws when John Adams was president that made it harder for immigrants to become a U.S. citizen.

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Precedence

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Future examples

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Marbury v. Madison

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U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States

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National Bank

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Started by Alexander Hamilton

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Sedition Act

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the deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” against the government of the United States.

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Judicial review

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The power of the federal courts to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional.

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Neutrality

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To stay out of someone else’s business

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Farewell Address

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a speech delivered by someone upon leaving a job, post, etc.

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Gibbons v. Ogden - A case in which the Court decided that the federal government has exclusive power over interstate commerce.

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