Lunching A New Nation

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group of officials who head government departments and advise the President

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Cabinet

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a system of government in which two parties compete for power, and provide checks on each other through opposing view points

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two-party system

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a tax on the production or sale of a good

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excise tax

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A position of not taking sides in a conflict

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Neutrality

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French officials presented American diplomats with a demand for bribes.

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XYZ Affair (1797)

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a series of 4 laws designed to limit political power of immigrants

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Alien and Section Acts

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A state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional

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Nullification

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establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review (ability to review decisions of other courts and of other branches)

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Marbury v. Madison

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1803 expansion of territory from France, by Jefferson (3rd President), which doubled the size of the US.

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Louisiana Purchase

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an official ban on trade with a specific country

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Embargo