US History 6.1 and 6.2 Vocabulary

series of 4 laws passed in 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants to the US

• Judiciary Act of 1789

• XYZ Affair

• Alien and Sedition Acts

either of 2 national banks established by Congress and funded by the federal govt. and private investors

• Bank of the United States

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Judiciary Act of 1789

law that established the federal court system

• XYZ Affair

• Judiciary Act of 1789

• Democratic Republican

Washington chose him to be the Secretary of the Treasury

• Alexander Hamilton

• Edmond Genet

• John Jay

Chieftain of a Miami tribe who led the confederacy of Native Americans to retain their claim on tribal lands

• Edmond Genet

• Little Turtle

• John Jay

diplomat from France that did not follow diplomatic procedure and recruited Americans for the war effort against Great Britain

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Jay

• Edmond Genet

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

• nullification

• protection tariff

• sectionalism

a political system dominated by 2 major parties

• two-party system

• sectionalism

• Cabinet

political party known for it's support for a strong state government

• Cabinet

• two-party system

• Democratic-Republican

A tax on the production, sale or consumption of goods produced within a country

• excise tax

• XYZ Affair

• neutrality