New Nation Vocabulary

The supporters of the proposed Constitution and a strong central government.

• cabinet

• federalists

• anti-federalists

• political parties

Opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution because a national government would be too powerful

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• Cabinet

• Warhawks

(1812-1815) - fought between the United States and Great Britain over the impressment Of American sailors by the British Navy, disagreements over trade, western expansion, and Native American policy.

• Marbury v. Madison

• Tariff of Abominations

• War of 1812

• Louisiana Purchase

Not allowed by the constitution of a country or government

• economy

• inauguration

• unconstitutional

• tariff

A land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 sq. miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million

• Marbury v. Madison

• Tariff of Abominations

• War of 1812

• Louisiana Purchase

An agreement that binds two or more countries

• tariff

• treaty

• economy

• political parties

Politicians from the South and West that initiated legislation to steer the U.S. towards war. 

• Warhawk

• Anti-Federalists

• Federalists

• Cabinet

A tax on goods and services imported into a country

• tariff

• treaty

• economy

• impressment

(1777-1852) Represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House of Representatives. He forged the Compromise of 1850

• Henry Clay

• John C Calhoun

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

Enforcement of military or naval service on able-bodied but unwilling men through crude and violent methods

• Warhawk

• political parties

• impressment

• unconstitutional