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American History
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History
7th Grade
05/31/2011

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Barred French and British warships from American ports by the...
Definition
Proclamation of Neutrality
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canal
Definition
an artificial waterway
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traditions
Definition
precedents
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national debt
Definition
the amount the nation's government owes
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inauguration
Definition
the process of being sworn into office
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Thomas Jefferson
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first secretary of state
third president
1st republican president
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The first capital of America under Washington's presidency
Definition
New York City
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John Adams
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first vice president
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cabinet
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a group of people who head government departments and advise the president
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John Jay
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first chief justice
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George Washington
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1st president
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precedents set from washington's farewell address
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1. 2 term maximum
2. neutrality in foreign affairs
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nullify
Definition
to legally overturn
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what amendment changed election process
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amendment 12
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How did the Secretary of treasury win support of the South when he was paying back bond holders?
Definition
The nation's capital was moved farther south.
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elastic clause
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a statement in the U.S. constitution granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers.
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two evils Washington spoke of in his farewell address
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political parties, entanglement in foreign affairs
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department that handles relations with other nations
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state department
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locks
Definition
separate compartments in which water levels were raised or lowered.
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3 cabinet departments and who
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department of war Henry Knox, department of state Thomas Jefferson, department of treasury John Hamilton
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War Hawks
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A group of young republican congressmen from the South and West, led by Henry Clay and John Calhoun, who wanted war against Britain in the period leading up to the War of 1812.
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Why pass alien and sedition acts
Definition
to control immigrants not loyal to America
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Capitalism
Definition
economic system of the United States
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tariff
Definition
a tax on imports
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Free Enterprise
Definition
People are free to buy, sell, and produce whatever they want.
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elements of free enterprise:
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competition, profit, private property, and economic freedom
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Eli Whitney
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created the cotton Gin
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patent
Definition
gives the inventor the sole legal right to invention and its profits for a certain period of time.
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turnpikes
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toll roads
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Embargo Act
Definition
prohibits trade with other countries, hurt us not british
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branches of congress
Definition
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
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non-intercourse act
Definition
Prohibited trade with British, still did not hurt british economy
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