Unit 1 Topic 2 - John Adams - New Nation/First Party System

a political conflict between the US and France in which French negotiators requested a bribe, a loan, and an apology so that France would stop attacking American ships; resulted in an undeclared naval war between France and the US (Quasi War)

• XYZ Affair

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• War of 1812

• Louisiana Purchase

member of the Federalist Party; George Washington's vice president; 2nd US president; president during the XYZ Affair and the Alien and Sedition Acts

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

political documents drafted by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson pressuring Congress to repeal (end) the Alien and Sedition Acts

• Kentucky - Virginia Resolutions

• Federalist Papers

• Constitutional Amendments

• Bill of Rights

Congressional acts designed by the Federalists to weaken support for the Democratic-Republicans by making it harder to become a US citizen and easier to deport foreigners

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Immigration Reform Act

• Naturalization Act

• Foreign Relations Act

a theory that upholds states' ultimate authority over the federal government based upon the idea that states had created it and could therefore nullify/void (refuse to follow) federal orders

• states' rights

• federal supremacy

• judicial review

• separation of powers

political party that supported a strong central government, an economy based on manufacturing and industry, a national bank, and loose construction (interpretation) of the Constitution

• Democratic Party

• Whig Party

• Federalist Party

• Libertarian Party

A group of delegates who cast the official vote for president

• Electoral College

• Congressional Committee

• Presidential Cabinet

• Supreme Court Justices

political party that supported more powerful state governments, an economy based on agriculture/farming, and strict construction (interpretation) of the Constitution (NO national bank)

• Federalist Party

• Democratic-Republican Party

• Whig Party

• Libertarian Party

an undeclared naval war between the US and France that was the first major challenge to US neutrality

• Quasi War

• War of 1812

• Spanish-American War

• World War I