Chapter 6 Vocabulary

Question 1

the forcible seizure of men for military service

Answer 1

Impressment

Question 2

the group of department heads who serve as the president’s chief advisers

Answer 2

Cabinet

Question 3

a Shawnee warrior chief who organized a Native American confederacy in an effort to create an autonomous Indian state and stop white settlement in the Northwest Territory

Answer 3

Tecumseh

Question 4

a government ban on trade with one or more other nations

Answer 4

Embargo

Question 5

served as the third vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805. Is defined by his famous personal conflict with Alexander Hamilton that resulted in the killing of Hamilton in a duel in 1804

Answer 5

Aaron Burr

Question 6

George Washington’s former military aide and a renowned financier was appointed the first Secretary of the Treasury and thus he became the architect of the structure of the Department

Answer 6

Alexander Hamilton

Question 7

seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837, seeking to act as the direct representative of the common man

Answer 7

Andrew Jackson

Question 8

an interpreter and guide for Lewis and William Clark’s expedition westward from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast

Answer 8

Sacajawea

Question 9

the 1814 treaty that ended the War of 1812

Answer 9

Treaty of Ghent

Question 10

the fourth chief justice of the United States and served on the Supreme Court for 34 years. He is the longest-serving chief justice in Court history.

Answer 10

John Marshall

Question 11

one of the framers of the Constitution, author of five of The Federalist Papers, and the first Chief Justice of the United States.

Answer 11

John Jay

Question 12

a French diplomat sent to the United States during George Washington’s first term as president in 1792.

Answer 12

Edmond Genet

Question 13

a tax on the production, sale, or consumption of goods produced within a country

Answer 13

Excise Tax

Question 14

a tax on imported goods that are intended to protect a nation’s businesses from foreign competition

Answer 14

Protective Tariff

Question 15

the Supreme Court’s power to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional

Answer 15

Judicial Review

Question 16

either of the two national banks funded by the federal government and private investors, established by Congress, the first in 1791 and the second in 1816

Answer 16

Bank of the United States (BUS)

Question 17

a refusal to take part in a war between other nations

Answer 17

Neutrality

Question 18

American Indian, chief of the Miami, who achieved fame during the turbulent period when the U.S. Congress launched a punitive campaign against the Indians who were raiding settlers in the Northwest Territory

Answer 18

Little Turtle

Question 19

a state’s refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional

Answer 19

Nullification

Question 20

a 1797 incident in which French officials demanded a bribe from the U.S. diplomats

Answer 20

XYZ Affair