Vocabulary Terms SSUSH6

Jefferson's election changed the direction of the government from Federalist to Democratic- Republican, so it was called a "revolution."

• Revolution of 1800

• French Revolution

• Latin American Revolution

• American Revolution

A tax on imported goods that raises the price of imports so people will buy domestic goods.

• Protective Tariff

• Impressment

• Cabinet

• Whiskey Tax

A group of individuals with broad common interests who organize to nominate candidates for office, win elections, conduct government, and determine public policy.

• Political Party

• Federalists

• Democratic-Republicans

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

Warned Americans not to get involved in European affairs, not to make permanent alliances, not to form political parties and to avoid sectionalism.

• Washington's Farewell Address

• Jay's Treaty

• Pickney's Treaty

• Alien and Sedition Acts

Written anonymously by Jefferson and Madison in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, they declared that states could nullify federal laws that the states considered unconstitutional.

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Jay's Treaty

• Monroe Doctrine

Territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million

• Louisiana Purchase

• Northwest Territory

• 1819 Florida Treaty

• Gadsden Purchase

Two explorers sent by the president to explore the Louisiana Purchase.

• Lewis and Clark

• Madison and Monroe

• Washington and Adams

• Burr and Hamilton

A war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France.

• War of 1812

• American Revolution

• French Revolution

• French and Indian War

The national anthem of the United States written by Francis Scott Key, inspired by the battle of Fort McHenry.

• The Star Spangled Banner

• Pledge of Allegiance

• Monroe Doctrine

• Jay's Treaty

A statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the United States or in the development of other countries in the Western Hemisphere.

• Proclamation of Neutrality

• Monroe Doctrine

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Embargo Act of 1807