First Quarter Exam Flashcards
judical branch
judges and court systems, use the laws in cases brought before then to interpret laws
executive branch
headed by the president, put all laws into action, execute and pass them
precedent
and after statement that becomes an example roll or tradition to be
Veto
prohibit from becoming law, any act of state legislator and use of force against the state you should that estate defied national authority
depression
severe economic turn down
Terriff
tax on imported goods
neutrality
to not take either side in war
assimilation
The process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another
free enterprise
economic system in which private companies compete for profit
urban
cities
Rural
countryside
Labor union
and organization of workers formed to protect the interests of its members
midnight judges
The judges Adams appointed the night before his term is up
The Supreme Court case of Dartmouth College versus Woodward
The state of New Hampshire wanted to change the college started to make the school public
Marshall ruled under article 1 section 10 that states cannot interfere with private contracts
supreme Court case of McCulloch versus Maryland
Maryland tax the second national Bank of the US because it is believe the federal government didn’t have the right to make a bank
Marshall ruled that Congress had the right to charter the bank of the US under the language of implied powers under the necessary and proper clause in the Constitution. This truly brought for the Supremes the clause which reinforce that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land and the federal government will always supersede the states
The Supreme Court case of Gibbons versus Ogden
Ogden- state license
Gibbons-federal license
Marshall defines comments to me and I’ll trade including interstate trade the court declared that states cannot interfere with Congress right to regulate business on interstate water race
Siege
tactic in which an enemy is surrounded and starved in order to make them surrender
casualty
military term for a person killed, wounded, captured or missing in action
loyalist
person who remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution
legislative branch
carried out by Congress, makes the laws
Patronage
practice of higher political support for government jobs
it was the French and Indian war fought between
The French and Indians against British
what was the last battle of the French and Indian war and who won and why
The fall of the back one by the British because the British seiged the French
what did the declaratory act state
this measure stated that Parliament had the authority to make laws to the colonists in all cases