U.S. History Unit 1 Vocab

Form of Government in which a State is ruled by representatives of the people

• Republic

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

System of Government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of Government

• Republic

• Federalism

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power.

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Seperate but Equal

• 3 Branches

Group of Men who campaigned for the ratification of the Constitution

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Democrats

• Republicans

Founding Father of the United States, one of the Federalists, campaigned for the first national bank

• Alexander Hamilton

• Aaron Burr

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• John Jay

a person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution

• Anti-Federalist

• Federalist

• Republican

• Democrat

relating to or supporting democracy or its principles.

• Democratic

• Republic

• Monarchy

• Socialist

founded in the Northern United States by forces opposed to the expansion of slavery

• Republican Party

• Democrat Party

• Whig Party

• Know-Nothing party

tightened restrictions on foreign-born Americans and limited speech critical of the government.

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Income tax