Chapter 1: George Washington’s Presidency and Precedents

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assume

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take over

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Cabinet

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a group of advisors to the president who each head a department of the executive branch

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domestic

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within one’s own country

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elastic clause

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the clause in Article I of the Constitution that grants Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers granted in the Constitution

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faction

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a group that is different from a larger whole, often one that disagrees with the larger whole

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fund

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to give money for a particular purpose

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precedent

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an action or event that serves as a guide for similar actions or events in the future

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ratify

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to give formal approval to something so it can become legal or valid

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Supreme Court

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the highest court of the U.S. judicial branch

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tariff

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a tax that is placed on goods brought into one country from another.