APUSH Unit 3 Test IDs

Judiciary Act of 1789 - Established a federal district court in each state and three circuit courts to hear appeals from the districts, with the SUpreme Court having the final say

Bill of Rights - First 10 amendments in the Constitution whose purpose is to protect the rights of citizens

Bank of the United States - Jointly owned bank by private stockholders and the national government

Proclamation of Neutrality - Issued by George Washington in 1793, Allowed the US to trade with all hostile nations

Whiskey Rebellion - Happened in 1794 when Pennsylvania farmers protested Hamilton’s excise tax on whiskey

Jay's Treaty - Granted the United States “most favored nation” status, but seriously restricted U.S. commercial access to the British West Indies

XYZ affair - Congress cut off trade with France in 1798 and authorized American privateering

Alien and Sedition Acts - set forth a states’ rights interpretation of the Constitution, asserting that the states had a “right to judge” the legitimacy of national laws

VA and KY resolutions - Political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799 in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional

Alexander Hamilton - American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury

Thomas Jefferson - American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United. Primary Author of theDeclaration of Independence

John Adams - American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States