unit 3 vocab

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  1. 2. of 1800-Federalist incumbent John Adams ran against the rising Republican Thomas Jefferson. The extremely partisan and outright nasty campaign failed to provide a clear winner because of a constitutional quirk.
  2. 6. Spangled Banner-the Star-Spangled Banner. 1. the national anthem of the United States of America. 2. another term for the Stars and Stripes.
  3. 7. Washington-1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
  4. 8. Court-he highest federal court in the US, consisting of nine justices and taking judicial precedences over all other courts in the nation.
  5. 9. and Clark-a U.S. military expedition, led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William Clark, to explore the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest
  6. 12. Affair-a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War
  7. 15. v. Madison-established the principle of judicial review—the power of the federal courts to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional.
  8. 16. of New Orleans-fought on January 8, 1815, between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson
  9. 17. body of advisers to a head of state who also serve as the heads of government departments.
  10. 18. Jefferson-an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States (1801–1809).
  11. 21. act of cancelling something
  12. 22. Parties-collective entities that organize competitions for political offices.
  13. 23. by force
  14. 24. Rebellion-the first test of federal authority in the United States.
  15. 25. Adams-A political leader of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; one of the Founding Fathers
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  1. 1. state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartiality.
  2. 3. Party-a conservative and nationalist American political party and the first political party in the United States. Under Alexander Hamilton, it dominated the national government from 1789 to 1801.
  3. 4. Monroe-was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825, a member of the Democratic-Republican Party.
  4. 5. opposition political party in the United States
  5. 6. of Ghent-agreement in Belgium between Great Britain and the United States to end the War of 1812 on the general basis of the status quo antebellum (maintaining the prewar conditions).
  6. 9. Pirates-any of the Muslim pirates operating from the coast of North Africa, at their most powerful during the 17th century but still active until the 19th century.
  7. 10. College-a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
  8. 11. of Good Feelings-marked a period in the political history of the United States that reflected a sense of national purpose and a desire for unity among Americans in the aftermath of the War of 1812.
  9. 13. Hamilton-Alexander Hamilton was a founding father of the United States, who fought in the American Revolutionary War, helped draft the Constitution, and served as the first secretary of the treasury. He was the founder and chief architect of the American financial system.
  10. 14. Address-a speech given by an individual leaving a position or place.
  11. 15. Madison-America's fourth President (1809-1817), made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. In later years, he was referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.
  12. 16. Andrew Jackson-served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress.
  13. 19. and Sedition Acts-tightened restrictions on foreign-born Americans and limited speech critical of the government.
  14. 20. Purchase-the purchase of imperial rights to the western half of the Mississippi River basin from France by the United States in 1803.
  15. 23. of 1812-The War of 1812 was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its own indigenous allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It began when the United States declared war on 18 June 1812