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 * CABINET **

A group of advisers to the President; the Cabinet is made up of the leaders (secretaries) of the executive departments (i.e. State, Justice, Defense)

**COTTAGE INDUSTRY** The production of goods by individual craftsman in small shops or homes

DOMESTIC POLICY  Guidelines for how the government will handle issues within the United States

**EMBARGO**  Government law or policy prohibiting trade or commerce

**EXPEDITION**  A trip with a specific purpose or goal

FACTION

A group within a larger group that has a slightly different belief or opinion than the rest of the group

**FACTORY SYSTEM** The centralization of production into one building or property; combined with mechanization and specialization allowed manufacturing to move to mass production

FOREIGN POLICY

Guidelines for how the government will deal with issues outside of the United States

**IMMIGRATION**  The movement of people into nation; One of the five characteristics of the Industrial Revolution

**IMPRESSMENT**  Action of the British navy to force American citizens to serve in the British navy to fill vacancies caused by illness, injury, desertion or death

INAUGURATION

The ceremony in which a President is sworn into office

**INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS** Mach ine-made parts that are identical to each other and can be used "interchangeably" in a product; critical to the process of mass production

JUDICIAL REVIEW

The power of the Supreme Court to hear cases regarding the laws and actions of the government, and ultimately decide if the law or action is lawful under the Constitution

**MECHANIZATION** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,'times new roman',times,serif; font-weight: normal;"> The use of machines to do the work of production; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif; font-weight: normal;">One of the five characteristics of the Industrial Revolution

**NATIONALISM** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,'times new roman',times,serif; font-weight: normal;"> Loyalty to, devotion to or pride in your country

NATIONAL DEBT

<span style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif; font-weight: normal;">Sum of money that the United States government owes to other nations and private citizens

NEUTRALITY <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif; font-weight: normal;">The act of not supporting either country in a disagreement or war

**NEUTRAL TRADE RIGHTS** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,'times new roman',times,serif; font-weight: normal;"> Freedom or right of a neutral country to trade with any country they choose regardless of that country's involvement in a conflict or alliances with the countries involved in the conflict

NULLIFICATION <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif; font-weight: normal;">The right or power of a state to cancel or nullify any federal law that they believe violates the Constitution; the state would not enforce the law

POLITICAL PARTY <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,'times new roman',times,serif; font-weight: normal;"> An organization that tries to gain and maintain power in the government; the members share a similar set of political beliefs that influences the development of policy

PRECEDENT <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,'times new roman',times,serif; font-weight: normal;"> An action that will be used as an example or guide in the future

**SECESSION** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,'times new roman',times,serif; font-weight: normal;"> The act of a state or province leaving the nation of which they are a part

**SEDITION**

<span style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif; font-weight: normal;">Resistance to or rebellion against the legal authority of the government

**SPECIALIZATION** <span style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif;">Has two meanings: 1) The division of labor within the production of a single product (assembly line); 2) The focus of a factory on the production of one product or one type of product (i.e. shoes or clothing); One of the five characteristics of the Industrial Revolution

**STATES' RIGHTS**

<span style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif; font-weight: normal;">The rights and powers that a state has to govern itself

**TRANSPORTATION** <span style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif;">The process of moving people and goods from one place to another; One of the five characteristics of the Industrial Revolution

**TRIBUTE** <span style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif;">A sum of money paid to a person in return for their support or action in the payers favor; similar to a bribe

**UNCONSTITUTIONAL**

<span style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif; font-weight: normal;">Government action or law that goes against the Constitution of the United States; because the Constitution is the highest law of the United States, the actions of and laws created by all levels of government may not go against what is written in the Constitution

**URBANIZATION** <span style="font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif;">A growth in cities caused by the movement of people from rural areas into the cities; One of the five characteristics of the Industrial Revolution

<span style="background-color: #ff00ff; color: #0000cc; font-family: georgia,times new roman,times,serif;">**KEY CHARACTERS**

**ALEXANDER HAMILTON** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,'times new roman',times,serif;"> Leader of the Federalist Party; Secretary of the Treasury during George Washington's Presidency

**THOMAS JEFFERSON** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,'times new roman',times,serif;"> Leader of the Democratic-Republican Party; Secretary of the State during George Washington's Presidency; Vice President during John Adams Presidency; Third President of the United States (1801-1809)

**GEORGE WASHINGTON** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,'times new roman',times,serif;"> First President of the United States (1789-1797)

**JOHN ADAMS** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,'times new roman',times,serif;"> Vice President during George Washington's Presidency; Second President of the United States (1797-1801)

**DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICANS** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,'times new roman',times,serif;"> One of the first two political parties formed in the United States; Led by Thomas Jefferson; party platform included: a strict interpretation of the Constitution, political power given mostly to the states, an agriculturally-based economy and alliances with France

**FEDERALISTS** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,'times new roman',times,serif;"> One of the first two political parties formed in the United States; Led by Alexander Hamilton; party platform included: a loose interpretation of the Constitution, political power given mostly to the federal government, an economy based on manufacturing & trade and alliances with Great Britain

**WAR HAWKS** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,'times new roman',times,serif;"> In the early 1810's, members of the United States Congress who favored war against Great Britain in response to the impressment of American citizens and the failure of Great Britain to recognize the neutral trade rights of the United States