Term II Quarterly Review

Three Branches of Government

• The three Branches are

the Legislative,

Executive, and Judicial

Federalism

• The idea that power is shared between the national and state governments

Tariff of 1789 • The United

States needed to raise money to run the government.

Alexander Hamilton

• He wanted the government to take over loans from the Revolutionary war so that people would want the new government of the United States to succeed.

Pinckney's treaty

• The major Accomplishment of Pinckney's treaty was that the United States was able to use the Mississippi River and New Orleans.

Louisiana Territory• When Jefferson convinced the Congress to

purchase the Louisiana Territory it doubled the size of the United States

Political Parties

• The 2 major Parties during the presidencies of Jefferson and Adams was the Democratic-Republicans and the Federalist

Alien and Sedition Acts

• Passed during the Adam’s Presidency they limited immigration and made it illegal to lie about gov’t officials

Indian removal act

• The forced removal of Native American from the southeastern United States

Monroe doctrine

• Declared that western hemisphere is off limits for European colonization

Impressments

• The act of forcing people

into military service

Judicial Review

• The power of the courts to decide the constitutionality of laws

Enumerated powers

• The powers of the federal government that are mentioned specifically in the constitution

George Washington's Farwell address

• He warned us about the formation of political parties and alliances with foreign nations

Spoils system

• Jackson gave government jobs to his supporters

Quasi war

•A naval war between the French and the United States

Kentucky resolutions

• Introduced the theory of nullification

Election of 1800

• It was significant because power was switched between political parties without bloodshed.

Whiskey rebellion

• President Washington sent troops to Pennsylvania to put down a rebellion

Lewis and clark

• They were hired by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase

embargo

•When a government bans trade with another country

Star-Spangled banner

•Written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812

War HaWKS

• Senators who wanted to go to war with England prior to the War of 1812

nationalism

• Intense love for one’s country extreme patriotism

Protective tariff

• Tax on imports designed to support manufacturers

Trail of tears

• Forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to the Oklahoma