USH EOC Vocabulary (Colonization- Civil War)

Proclamation of Neutrality,

• President Washington, recognizing that the country could not afford a fight with either side stated that the U.S would not take sides in the British and French Conflict.

• defined U.S. foreign policy in the Americas (North and South America)

Monroe Doctrine

• recognizing that the country could not afford a fight with either side stated that the U.S. would not take sides in the British and French Conflict.

• defined U.S. foreign policy in the Americas (North and South America). Announced that the United States would prevent European nations from interfering with independent Latin American countries.

  
  

Alien and Sedition Acts

• claims that states can nullify a national law that they believe violates the Constitution.

• severely limited free speech and expression. Often used to silence critics (usually Republicans). Made John Admas unpopular.

Nullification or Nullify

• To reject

• To accept

Impressment

• Imprisoning critics of the Alien and Sedition Acts

• taking U.S. seamen captive and forcing them to serve on British ships

Nationalism

• pride in one's country

• Taxation without representation

Manifest Destiny

• the idea that Americans were ordained by God to settle the entire continent of North America

• The idea that all people are entitled to natural rights

universal suffrage

• ensures the right to vote

• Limits the amount of votes a person can cast per election

state's rights

•   believed that the federal government should restrict itself to powers specifically stated in the Constitution, and that all else should be left to the states.

•   believed that the federal government could take on an powers even if they were not stated in the Constitution

secede or secession

• leave the Union

• fight Great Britain