Foreign relations refers to how a government deals with other countries
Policy gridlock is whereby passing of laws becomes a hindrance in satisfying the needs of voters or people because of lack of agreement between two legislative houses are managed by different political parties.
James Fenimore Cooper wrote about the frontier. He would have written about fur trappers, miners, hunters, and adventurers living on the western edge of the US. He is most well known for his book, Last of the Mohicans in which Native Americans were portrayed as noble and fierce enemies of the western frontiersmen.
To help raise money, federal bonds were issued by the Government.