Early Republic Vocabulary

Laissez faire

Free Enterprise

• A type of French fair or circus

• Business' giving away free stuff

• ^{When the government doesn't interfere with private business.}

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

Alien Act

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

• An act to stop illegal aliens.

• When aliens act in a play.

• Aliens are here from outer space and we must act to stop them now.

Precedence

• The one who is in charge of the United States.

• Future examples

• Same as President

• A fortune teller.

Marbury v. Madison

• A prize fight during the early 1800's

• A duel between James Madison and John Marbury.

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

• An antifederalist v. federalist

National Bank

• Started by Thomas Jefferson.

• Was the down fall of the U.S. economy.

• Controlled by states.

• Started by Alexander Hamilton

Sedition Act

• means you a corrupt person.

• You get charged in a crime.

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

• Politicians who take bribes.

Judicial review

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

• Reviewing the judicial branch.

• Checking and balancing the judicial branch of government.

• Separates the 3 branches of government.

Neutrality

• A medical procedure for a female cat.

• To stay out of someone else’s business

• A gear on a car.

• Beige

Farewell Address

• When to move out of your home.

• Bye to my little brother or sister.

• A postal address

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

Gibbons v. Ogden -

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

• True

• False