Social studies vocab

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  1. 6. a judge or magistrate, in particular a judge of the Supreme Court of a country or state.
  2. 7. a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
  3. 9. The Connecticut compromise was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the United States constitution.
  4. 10. the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.
  5. 14. an agreement in 1795 between Spain and the U.S. by which Spain recognized the 31st parallel as the southern boundary of the U.S. and permitted free navigation of the Mississippi to American ships.
  6. 15. the agreement in 1794 between England and the U.S. by which limited trade relations were established, England agreed to give up its forts in the northwestern frontier, and a joint commission was set up to settle border disputes.
  7. 16. the elected head of a republic
  8. 17. a preliminary or preparatory statement; an introduction
  9. 25. A series of laws, passed during the presidency of John Adams at the end of the eighteenth century, that sought to restrict the public activities of political radicals who sympathized with the French Revolution and criticized Adams's Federalist policies.
  10. 27. establish the number of
  11. 28. An uprising led by a former militia officer, Daniel Shays, which broke out in western Massachusetts in 1786.
  12. 30. The United States house of representatives is the lower house of the United States congress
  13. 32. an act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration.
  14. 34. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
  15. 35. was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes that they find to violate the Constitution of the United States
  16. 36. the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US constitution in 1789.
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  1. 1. was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that defined the scope of the U.S. Congress's legislative power and how it relates to the powers of American state legislatures.
  2. 2. The executive is the part of the government that enforces law, and has responsibility for the government of a state.
  3. 3. a national legislative body, especially that of the US. The US congress, which meets at the capitol of Washington, DC. was established by the constitution of 1787 and is composed of the Senate and House of Representatives.
  4. 4. a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
  5. 5. statements of principle adopted by two state legislatures in the 1790s; they affirmed states' rights in response to the federal Alien and Sedition Acts. James Madison wrote the Virginia Resolutions, and Thomas Jefferson wrote the Kentucky Resolutions.
  6. 8. Made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the congress. Among other powers, the legislative makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate, and foreign commerce and controls taxing and spending policies.
  7. 11. Friend of the people
  8. 12. A series of eights-five essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in the late 1780s to persuade voters of New York to adopt the constitution.
  9. 13. The XYZ Affair was a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, early in the presidency of John Adams, involving a confrontation between the United States and Republican France that led to the Quasi-War
  10. 18. purchase- a treaty signed with France in 1803 by which the U.S. purchased for $15,000,000 the land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
  11. 19. the term the Democrat-Republicans associated with the judicial appointments made by President John Adams at the very end of his presidential term.
  12. 20. The judiciary is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law in legal cases.
  13. 21. a person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution
  14. 22. a revolt of settlers in western Pennsylvania in 1794 against a federal excise tax on whiskey: suppressed by militia called out by President George Washington to establish the authority of the federal government.
  15. 23. review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
  16. 24. To approve and sanction formally; confirm ratify a treaty
  17. 26. the smaller upper assembly in the US congress, most US states, France, and other countries
  18. 29. Relating to or denoting the central government of the US
  19. 31. fifths compromises- The Three-Fifths Compromise outlined the process for states to count slaves as part of the population in order to determine representation and taxation for the federal government.
  20. 33. the highest federal court in the US, consisting of nine justices and taking judicial precedence over all other courts in the nation.