Unit 1 Topic 2 Vocabulary

 political party led by Hamilton and Adams; favored strong federal (national) government

• Whigs

• Federalists

• Democratic-Republicans

• Puritains

political party led by Jefferson and Madison; favored strong state governments

• Whigs

• Democratic-Republicans

• Federalists

• Puritains

immigrant

• sedition

• diverse

• nullify

• alien

law that allowed the U.S. government to expel any immigrant thought to be dangerous to the country; required immigrants to wait longer to become U.S. citizens

• Sedition Act

• Alien Act

• Taxation Act

• impressment

stirring up rebellion against the government

• nullify

• sedition

• impressment

• debt

law stating that people could be jailed or fined for criticizing the government

• nullification act

• impressment act

• alien act

• sedition act

to cancel

• demagogue

• negotiate

• nullify

• divert

statements claiming that a state government could nullify any law they believed to be unconstitutional; created in response to Alien and Sedition Acts

• Alien Act

• Sedition Act

• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

• Nullification Resolution

Secretary of Treasury under Washington; leader of the Federalist Party

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

a political leader who appeals to people’s prejudices and desires to gain power

• President

• Demagogue

• Senator

• Representative