Early Republic Vocab

a prior event or decision that serves as an example for the future

• precedent

• national debt

• xyz affair

• cabinet

a ceremony that marks the beginning of a presidency

• precedent

• tariffs

• inauguration

• cabinet

the heads of the departments that assist the president

• chief justice

• tariffs

• inauguration

• cabinet

the highest court in the United States

• chief justice

• tariffs

• supreme court

• sedition

presides over the Supreme Court

• chief justice

• tariffs

• Supreme Court

• states' rights

the amount of money a government owes to all its creditors

• loose interpretation

• tariffs

• national debt

• states' rights

taxes on imports and exports

• loose interpretation

• tariffs

• national debt

• states' rights

an understanding of the Constitution that is broad

• loose interpretation

• tariffs

• strict interpretation

• states' rights

an understanding of the Constitution that means it should be strictly followed

• loose interpretation

• xyz affiar

• strict interpretation

• states' rights

the meeting with French agents after France seized American ships

• tariffs

• xyz affiar

• sedition

• states' rights