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| A tax on foreign goods imported into a country |
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| An extra sum of money that borrowers have to repay creditors in return for the loan |
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| A belief that the government should not do anything that the Constitution does not specifically say it can do |
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| A belief that the government can do anything that the Constitution does not prohibit |
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| Not taking sides in a conflict or dispute |
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| Unrest in 1794 caused by opposition to a tax on whiskey |
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| A group of people who seek to win elections and hold public office in order to control government policies and programs |
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| A controversy in 1798 over French demands for bribes from American negotiators |
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| Laws passed by Congress in 1798 that enabled the government to imprison or deport aliens and to prosecute critics of the government |
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| Virginia and Kentucky Resolution |
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| Resolutions passed in 1798 that attacked the Alien and Sedition Acts as being unconstitutional |
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| A list of items to accomplish |
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| Departments that make up a large organization, such as a government |
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| An 1803 Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review |
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| Power of federal courts to review state laws and state court decisions to determine if they are constitutional |
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| Lewis and Clark Expedition |
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| A journey by Lewis and Clark through the Louisiana Territory from 1804- 1806 |
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| A ban or restriction on trade |
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| The purchase of the Louisiana Territory by the United States from France in 1803 |
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| Federal land set aside for Native Americans |
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| Process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture |
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| Policy of forcing people into military or public service |
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| A war betweeen the United States and Great Britian |
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| An agreement, signed in 1814, that ended the War of 1812 |
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| A severe economic turndown marked by a decrease in business activity, widespread unemployment, and falling prices and wages |
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| A battle in 1815 between American and British troops for control of New Orleans, ending in an American victory |
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| An agreement in 1820 calling for the admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and outlawing slavery in future states to be created north of 36 30' N latitude |
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