Vocabulary Blackout - Unit 1: Early America

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  1. 4. Third president of the US; leader in the anti-federalist party.
  2. 6. Shoshone Indian woman.
  3. 7. Form of government in which citizens elect representatives to speak for them.
  4. 9. Hired by Jefferson to explore the new land out west.
  5. 11. When a state refuses to follow a certain federal law because they believe it is legally invalid and/or unconstitutional.
  6. 12. Supported the idea of a strong central government, but stillfeared anarchy in the new nation. The supporters consisted mostly of more educated men: merchants, manufacturers, landowners, lawyers, clergy, the higher social class
  7. 14. 7th President of the US; founded the modern Democratic party. Famous for his spoils system.
  8. 17. Proposal for a form of government, differing from the Virginia Plan, in which there are two houses in Congress, and there is POPULATIONAL representation.
  9. 20. First 10 amendments to the Constitution.
  10. 23. A system in which the President will fire people, and then hire the individuals he wants to fill their position
  11. 24. 1st constitution of the United States.
  12. 27. Secretary of State beside President John Quincy Adams. Advocated for the Great Compromise of 1850
  13. 28. Shawnee chief who promoted resistance against American expansion west.
  14. 30. Supported the idea of sharing power with local and state governments. Also supported limited national rule because they feared tyranny similar to England's rule. Supporters were mostly by regular men; farmers, traders, the lower social class.
  15. 31. Invented the cotton gin.
  16. 32. Treaty that identified as Florida now a part of the US. Also clearly marked border between the US and Spain.
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  1. 1. Purchase of land from French by Thomas Jefferson; nearly doubled the size of the US.
  2. 2. Uprising of whiskey distillers in southwestern Pennsylvania because of opposition against the whiskey tax.
  3. 3. A person who accepts transcendentalism as a form of how life works, rather than a religious belief.
  4. 5. Proposal by James Madison to divide the power of the government into three separate branches, and PROPORTIONAL representation
  5. 8. First Secretary of Treasury; leader in the federalist party.
  6. 10. The branch of Congress that makes laws; US Congress
  7. 13. Proposed bicameral legislature during the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
  8. 15. System that allows each branch of government to keep each other in check and prevent an abuse of power
  9. 16. Legislation on two states admitted at the same time in order to keep balance between slave and non-slave states.
  10. 18. 4th President of the US. He was a contributor to the ratification of the Federalist Papers, and organized the Democratic-Republican party with Thomas Jefferson.
  11. 19. Result of impressment by British ships of American sailors on the sea.
  12. 21. Law passed by Britain to prevent American colonists from expanding past the Appalachian Mountains.
  13. 22. The peace treaty that ended the War of 1812
  14. 25. Authorized the US to negotiate with tribes for their removal and exchange of land to the US.
  15. 26. Incident between French and American diplomats.
  16. 29. A system of government in which the power is controlled by both the state and federal levels.