CH 6 Launching a New Nation

A law passed by the first Congress to establish the federal court system.

• Judiciary Act of 1789
• Cabinet
• two-party system
• excise tax

group of officials who head government departments and advise the President

• Cabinet
• two-party system
• excise tax
• Neutrality

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

• two-party system
• excise tax
• Neutrality
• Jay's Treaty (1794)

a tax on the production or sale of a good

• excise tax
• Neutrality
• Jay's Treaty (1794)
• XYZ Affair (1797)

A position of not taking sides in a conflict

• Neutrality
• Jay's Treaty (1794)
• XYZ Affair (1797)
• Alien and Section Acts

signed in the hopes of settling the growing conflicts between the U.S. and Britain dealing with the Northwest posts and trade on the Mississippi River. Did not punish Britain for the attacks on neutral American ships.

• Jay's Treaty (1794)
• XYZ Affair (1797)
• Alien and Section Acts
• Nullification

French officials presented American diplomats with a demand for bribes.

• XYZ Affair (1797)
• Alien and Section Acts
• Nullification
• Judiciary Act of 1801

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

• Alien and Section Acts
• Nullification
• Judiciary Act of 1801
• Marbury v. Madison

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

• Nullification
• Judiciary Act of 1801
• Marbury v. Madison
• Louisiana Purchase

a law that increased the number of federal judges, allowing President John Adams (3rd President) to fill most of the new posts with Federalists (his political party)

• Judiciary Act of 1801
• Marbury v. Madison
• Louisiana Purchase
• Blockade