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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 Ms. Werdebaugh
Bond • A note issued by the government, which promises to pay off a loan with interest.
Cabinet • A group of advisers to the president
Compromise • Agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants
Embargo • An order prohibiting trade with another country
Impressment • Forcing people into service, as in the navy
Laissez Faire • Policy that government should interfere as little if a law violates the Constitution
Nationalism • Loyalty to a nation and promotion of its interests above all others
Neutrality • A position of not taking sides in a conflict
Nullification • To cancel or make ineffective
Partisan • Favoring one side of an issue
Precedent • A tradition
Privateer • Armed private ship
Rural • livinginthecountry
Secede • To leave or withdrawal
Sectionalism • Loyalty to a region or section
Speculator • Person who risks money in order to make a larger profit
Subsides • tobecomequiet, less active,orlessviolent
Tariff • A tax on imports or exports
Tribute • Money paid for protection
Urban • of,pertainingto,ordesignating a cityortown.
War hawk • Republicans during Madison’s presidency who pressed for war with Britain.
Whig • aformerpolitical party in theUnitedStates; formed in 1834 in oppositionto the Democratic Party; advocated a loose interpretation of theConstitutionandhighprotectivetariffs