7th SS Chapter 5.1 - 5.3 Key Terms Flashcards
Ceremony in which the President officially takes the oath of office.
Inauguration
Act or decision that sets an example for others.
Precedent
Group of officials who head government departments and advises the President.
Cabinet
A 1789 law that created the structure of the Supreme Court and set up a system of district courts and circuit courts for the nation.
Judiciary act
Total sum of money that a government owes to others
National debt
Certificate that promises to repay money loaned, plus interest, on a certain date
Bond
Someone who invest in a risky venture in the hope of making a large profit.
Speculator
Congress created this in 1791
First Bank of the United States
Tax on paper
Tariff
The uprising when they put a tax on liquor
Whiskey rebellion
A war between Britain and France
French Revolution
The nations plan of action toward other nations.
Foreign policy
Not involved
Neutral
Stated that the United States would not support either side in the war.
Neutrality Proclomation
A treaty that stated that Britain would pay for the damage for the seized American ships.
Jays treaty
The paper that George Washington wrote at the end of his presidency.
Farewell address
The period from Washington’s presidency to 1824
Early republic
First president of the United States
George Washington
Secretary of the state
Thomas Jefferson
Secretary of the Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
Opposing group within a party factory system method of producing goods that brought workers and machinery together at one place.
Faction
Not permitted by the government
Unconstitutional
Jeffersons supporters
Democratic Republicans
People who supported a strong central government.
Federalist
