Vocab I
Vocab II
Important Things
Past Important Things
Miscellaneous
100
This term is another word for "traditions".
What is precedent?
100
This term refers to the amount a nation's government owes.
What is national debt?
100
This was the name of a protest over Hamilton's tax on whiskey.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
100
This term refers to any change to the Constitution.
What is an amendment?
100
This phrase refers to the powers that were not expressly forbidden in the Constitution.
What are implied powers?
200
This term refers to the three secretaries of the executive branch and the attorney general.
What is the cabinet?
200
This term refers to people who risk money in order to make a larger profit.
What are speculators?
200
This dispute between Native Americans and Americans over territory in the Ohio River Valley became known as this.
What is the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
200
These are the three branches of the U.S. government.
What are the executive, legislative, and judicial?
200
This man became the second president of the United States.
Who is John Adams?
300
This act established a federal court system with 13 district courts and three circuit courts to serve the nation
What is the Judiciary Act of 1789?
300
This is the final location of the nation's capital?
What is Washington, D.C.?
300
This term refers to not taking sides in a conflict.
What is neutrality?
300
These are the three departments of the executive branch.
What is State, War, and Treasury?
300
This treaty gave the Americans free navigation of the Mississippi River and the right to trade at New Orleans.
What is Pinckney's Treaty?
400
This man was nominated as the first chief justice of the Supreme Court.
Who is John Jay?
400
This term means that something is inconsistent with the Constitution.
What is unconstitutional?
400
This term refers to the forcing of men into service.
What is impressment?
400
This term means to refuse to buy.
What is boycott?
400
Washington left office after serving this many terms.
What is two?
500
This refers to the first 10 amendments of the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
500
This term refers to a tax on imports.
What is a tariff?
500
In this treaty, the British agreed to withdraw from American soil and pay for damages for ships they had seized.
What is Jay's Treaty?
500
This term refers to trading illegally with other nations.
What is smuggling?
500
This document prohibited American citizens from fighting in the war between France and Britain.
What is the Proclamation of Neutrality?
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