Start of a New Nation (American History)
Terms
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- candidate
- a person running for a government office
- elector
- a delegate chosen from the states to be part of the electoral college
- electoral college
- a group of delegates who choose the US President and Vice President
- unconstitutional
- a law that says something other than what the Constitution says
- foreign minister
- a person in some governments who handles problems and creates treaties with other nations
- political party
- a group of people who work together to get people elected who agree with their ideas
- foreign affairs
- a nation's relationships with other nations
- rebel
- a person who fights the government and refuses to obey its laws
- appoint
- to chose a person for a job or government office
- precedent
- an action that sets an example for others to follow
- anthem
- a song that praises a country
- War Hawks
- Americans who wanted to fight a war
- Embargo Act
- a law that stopped Americans from trading with other countries
- impress
- to force a person to serve in the navy
- judicial review
- the power of the US Supreme Court to decide if a state or federal law is unconstituional
- repeal
- to end or to remove a law
- Cabinet
- the group of people that advises the President and leads the executive departments of the government