EOC Vocab 86-92

The act of forcing people into service, especially sailors being taken off U.S. ships to serve in the British navy.

• Impressment

• Horde

• XYZ Affair (1797-98)

• Westward Expansion

The 19th-century movement of American settlers, immigrants, and the U.S. government into territories west of the Mississippi River, driven by Manifest Destiny and access to the Mississippi River.

• XYZ Affair (1797-98)

• Farewell Address

• Westward Expansion

• Resented

A speech given by an individual leaving a position; most notably George Washington's 1796 address warning against political parties and foreign alliances.

• Interpretation

• Horde

• Sedition Act (1798)

• Farewell Address

An organized group of people with shared political views working to elect members to office and influence government policy.

• Political Party

• Oppressive

• Interpretation

• Resented

The first American political party; conservative and nationalist, encouraged ratification of the Constitution, supported strong central government.

• Horde

• Democratic-Republicans

• Fraternity

• Federalist Party

The nation's first opposition party, formed in opposition to Federalists; favored states' rights and limited federal power.

• Democratic-Republicans

• Delegation

• Fraternity

• Resented

A political system where two major parties dominate elections and government.

• Two-Party System

• Oppressive

• Interpretation

• Sedition

Allowed the government to arrest, detain, or deport foreigners considered dangerous.

• Political Party

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798-99)

• Alien Act (1798)

• Two-Party System

Speech, writing, or actions intended to incite rebellion or violence against a government authority.

• Political Party

• XYZ Affair (1797-98)

• Interpretation

• Sedition

Criminalized publishing or speaking false, scandalous, or malicious statements against the president or government.

• Westward Expansion

• Sedition Act (1798)

• Federalist Party

• Annihilation