- _____xyz affair: French demand for a bribe in order to see French minister over their seizing of US ships.
- _____Alien and Sedition Acts: Laws said to protect the US from criticism of the government and dangerous immigrants.
- _____ Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions: State laws that said the Alien and Sedition acts were unconstitutional.
- _____ Deadlock: Situation with two parties that cannot make progress, tied vote
- _____Inaugural Address: Speech of an entering president about their plans for the country.
- _____ Louisiana Purchase: Land purchase from the French that doubled the size on the US.
- _____Marbury v Madison: Case that made the judiciary branch equal in power to the other two branches
- _____ judicial review: The power to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional
- ____John Marshall: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who participated in 1,000 decisions and wrote 519 himself.
- _____William Marbury Appointed judge who was denied his office by Madison who refused to deliver the appointments.