Unit 05: Early Republic - Addressing Challenges 1789-1828
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1.
Alien and
Sedition
Acts
4.
four acts that made it difficult to become citizens
and declared restrictions against citizens who
criticized the government during war time
2.
Embargo
Act (1807)
prohibited Americans from trading with foreign
nations. The act was intended to prevent American
entrance into the Napoleonic War by keeping the
ships in American harbors. It failed and hurt the
American economy.
5.
Federalist
Party
Cabinet
the president's group of advisors aka
"secretary's"
3.
Democratic
Republican
Party
Wanted a strong federal government & supported
industry and trade.
6.
foreign
policy
government actions in relations to other countries
Wanted to limit the federal government's power.
7.
George
Washington
11.
James
Madison
Declared neutrality when the British and
French went to war against each other. He
believed that the United States must remain a
neutral third party in order to survive
8.
Hamilton
financial
plan
Was the Commander in Chief during the War of
1812, which ended the complications between
Britain and the United States
12.
James
Monroe
1. Paying off war debts 2. Raising Government
Revenue (income) 3. Creating a National Bank.
9.
impressment
forcing someone into service for an
organization or government
10.
isolationism
policy of separating and not participation in
international relationships
In his State of the Union address Monroe declared
that the American continents were forever free
and independent from European Powers. This
statement became known as the Monroe Doctrine.
13.
Jay's
Treaty
Jay's Treaty settling the disputes that had arisen
between the United States and Great Britain.
Britain agreed to pay for damages in seized
American ships and leave the Ohio Valley
14.
John Adams
17.
Loose
Construction
Avoided war with France though many
disagreed with him, passed the XYZ Affair and
Alien and Sedition Acts
15.
Judiciary Act
of 1789
Means that the federal government can take
reasonable actions that the Constitution does
not specifically forbid.
18.
Monroe
Doctrine
proclaimed that European powers should no
longer colonize or interfere with the affairs of
the nations of the Western Hemisphere, more
specifically those in Latin America
This act created three levels of federal courts
and defined their powers.
16.
Kentucky &
Virginia
Resolutions
19.
These documents argued that the Alien and
Sedition Act were unconstitutional.
neutrality
remaining independent and not taking sides
in an issue
20.
Pinckney's
Treaty
24.
This treaty was signed in 1795 with Spain. This
treaty gave Americans the right to travel
freely on the Mississippi River.
21.
Tariff
tax on imported goods
25.
political
party
Thomas
Jefferson
groups of people sharing a common political
philosophy and support for candidates with
that philosophy
22.
republic
23.
Strict
Construction
political system in which representatives are
responsible for governing
Tried to avoid foreign involvement, keeping
George Washington's advice to maintain
neutrality, passed the Embargo Act in 1807
26.
People who think that the federal
government should do only what the
Constitutions specifically says it can do.
Whiskey
Rebellion
A conflict began when the government put a tax
on whiskey, which was part of Hamilton's financial
plan. Farmers from all over were outraged.
27.
XYZ Affair
Three anonymous French agents brought France
and the United States to the brink of war