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Unit 7 Vocabulary

Unit 7 Vocabulary. Ms. Werdebaugh. Bond. A note issued by the government, which promises to pay off a loan with interest. C abinet. A group of advisers to the president. C ompromise. Agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants. E mbargo.

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Unit 7 Vocabulary

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  1. Unit 7 Vocabulary Ms. Werdebaugh

  2. Bond • A note issued by the government, which promises to pay off a loan with interest.

  3. Cabinet • A group of advisers to the president

  4. Compromise • Agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants

  5. Embargo • An order prohibiting trade with another country

  6. Impressment • Forcing people into service, as in the navy

  7. Laissez Faire • Policy that government should interfere as little if a law violates the Constitution

  8. Nationalism • Loyalty to a nation and promotion of its interests above all others

  9. Neutrality • A position of not taking sides in a conflict

  10. Nullification • To cancel or make ineffective

  11. Partisan • Favoring one side of an issue

  12. Precedent • A tradition

  13. Privateer • Armed private ship

  14. Rural • livinginthecountry

  15. Secede • To leave or withdrawal

  16. Sectionalism • Loyalty to a region or section

  17. Speculator • Person who risks money in order to make a larger profit

  18. Subsides • tobecomequiet, less active,orlessviolent

  19. Tariff • A tax on imports or exports

  20. Tribute • Money paid for protection

  21. Urban • of,pertainingto,ordesignating a cityortown.

  22. War hawk • Republicans during Madison’s presidency who pressed for war with Britain.

  23. Whig • aformerpolitical party in theUnitedStates; formed in 1834 in oppositionto the Democratic Party; advocated a loose interpretation of theConstitutionandhighprotectivetariffs

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