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US Cultures Chapter 6

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Judiciary Act of 1789
Created the Supreme Court w/ a Chief Justice and 5 associate justices
War Hawks
Congressmen from the South and West that wanted to go to war with Britian
Aaron Burr
ran with Thomas Jefferson
Lewis & Clark
explored the Louisiana Territory
Sedition Act
allowed government to put people in jail for making negative comments about the government
Little Turtle
leader of the Miami Confederation - urged allies to make peace with General Wayne
Embargo
Ban on exporting goods
XYZ Affair
caused strong anti-French feelings int eh US
Thomas Pinckney
helped secure a treaty with Spain and gave the US shipping rights on the US
Armistice
end of fighting
Virginia & Kentucky Resolution
claimed that states have the right to consider any act of Congress as unconstitutional
Federalists
political party of John Adams
Nullification
Void
Impressment
Taking Americans at sea and drafting them into the British army
Sectionalism
attitude that the country was being divided into sections
Neutrality
Not taking sides.. what the US did during the war between France and Britian
Chief Tecumseh
Tried to organize a confederation (army) of Native Americans

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