Unit 5 Key Terms review

An action or decision that later serves as an example

• precedent

• nationalism

• sectionalism

• judicial review

A group of the President's top advisors

• embargo

• cabinet

• precedent

• nationalism

A group of people selected from each state to cast votes in presidential elections.

• precedent

• cabinet

• electoral college

• sectionalism

A way of interpreting the Constitution that allows the federal government to take actions that the Constitution does NOT specifically FORBID it from taking.

• strict construction

• nationalism

• sectionalism

• loose construction

A way of interpreting the Constitution that allows the federal government to take ONLY those actions the Constitution SPECIFICALLY says it can take.

• strict construction

• loose construction

• judicial review

• embargo

A statement made by Washington that the U.S. would not side with any of the nations at war in Europe following the French Revolution.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Neutrality Proclamation

• Indian Removal Act

• Monroe Doctrine

A group of people who organize to help elect government officials and influence government policies

• precedent

• Lewis and Clark expedition

• political party

• spoils system

The Supreme Court’s power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional

• sectionalism

• nationalism

• embargo

• judicial review

U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review

• Missouri Compromise

• Louisiana Purchase

• Neutrality Proclamation

• Marbury vs. Madison

The French land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains that doubled the size of the United States.

• Jacksonian Democracy

• Indian Removal Act

• Monroe Doctrine

• Louisiana Purchase