Chapter 6, Sections 1 & 2

Judiciary Act of 1789

This law provided a Supreme Court consisting of a chief justice and five associate justices

Alexander Hamilton

Secretary of Treasury who created the Bank of the United States

Cabinet

The president's chief advisers

Bank of the United States

This issued paper money and handled tax receipts and other government funds

Democratic-Republicans

Those who favored Jefferson's vision of strong state governments

two-party system

Washington feared that this would threaten national unity.

protective tariff

Import tax on goods produced in Europe

excise tax

A tax on a product's manufacture, sale, or distribution

neutrality

Supporting neither side in a conflict

Edmond Genet

A French diplomat who was sent to America to recruit Americans for the war effort against Great Britain

Thomas Pinckney

U.S. minister to Great Britain who helped sign a treaty with Spain

Little Turtle

Leader of the Native American Miami tribe that defeated the federal army

John Jay

Chief justice of the Supreme Court who signed a treaty with Britain that angered many western settlers

sectionalism

Placing the interests of one region over those of the nation as a whole

XYZ Affair

Incident in which French officials attempted to bribe Americans with a 250,000 dollar payment.

Alien and Sedition Acts

Acts proposed by Federalists that limited Americans' constitutional rights.

nullification

To consider void any act of congress that the states deemed unconstitutional