Unit 6 vocab

Question 1

XYZ Affair

Answer 1

diplomatic controversy in 1798 in which French officials demanded bribes of American negotiators

Question 2

Alien and Sedition Acts

Answer 2

1798 laws that allowed the government to imprison or deport non-citizen immigrants, known as aliens and to prosecute those who criticized the gov.

Question 3

Marbury v. Madison

Answer 3

1803 supreme court case that established the principle of judicial review

Question 4

Impressment

Answer 4

a policy of seizing people or property for military or public service

Question 5

Embargo

Answer 5

an official ban or restriction on trade

Question 6

Tecumseh

Answer 6

1768-1813 Shawnee Warrior from the Ohio Valley who spearheaded a spiritual and military resistance movement among American Indians 1800s. Actively resisted the U.S fighting in battles, rejecting treaties and traveling widely to convince American Indian groups they were all one people, and that no one group had the right to make a treaty

Question 7

War Hawks

Answer 7

members of congress who pushed for war against Great Britain in years leading up to the War of 1812

Question 8

Francis Scott Key

Answer 8

1779-1843 American lawyer and amateur poet who is best known for the author of the “star Spangled Banner” (national anthem 1931”

Question 9

cabinet

Answer 9

heads of the executive departments who meet as a group in order to advise the president

Question 10

strict construction

Answer 10

a belief that the government is limited to powers clearly stated in the constitution

Question 11

tariff

Answer 11

tax on imports or exports

Question 12

political party

Answer 12

a group that seeks to influence the government by winning elections

Question 13

democratic republicans

Answer 13

led by Jefferson and Madison one of the first political parties in the U.S and also known as the Republicans

Question 14

Battle of Fallen Timbers

Answer 14

1794 battle in which federal troops defeated the Miami Confederacy of American Indians