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 living in the country

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 to become quiet, less active, or less violent

19. Tariff A tax on imports or exports

20. Tribute Money paid for protection

21. Urban of, pertaining to, or designating a city or town.

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

23. Whig a former political party in the United States; formed in 1834 in opposition to the Democratic Party; advocated a loose interpretation of the Constitution and high protective tariffs