Founding documents vocabulary

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  1. 3. It was written to support the idea of forming a federal republic under a new constitution.
  2. 4. It was an agreement and created two legislative bodies in congress.
  3. 6. Members of this branch makes all of the laws.
  4. 11. a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats.
  5. 16. An uprising that tested the federal authority in the US.
  6. 17. Payment that is paid periodically.
  7. 19. Wanted the central government to be strong and the states government to be weak.
  8. 21. The highest judicial court that decides where laws break the constitution or not.
  9. 23. The leader of a country or nation.
  10. 25. This branch decides the meaning of laws and whether laws break the constitution or not.
  11. 29. Congress had implied powers under the Constitution to create the Second Bank of the United States and that the state of Maryland lacked the power to tax the Bank.
  12. 30. Treaty between the United States and Great Britain/England.
  13. 31. Political statements stating that the Alien and Sedition acts were unconstitutional.
  14. 33. the legislative branch of the federal government that represents the American people and makes the laws.
  15. 34. A written document ratified by the 13 states on 1781. The goal of this document was to give the central government very little power over the states or their citizens.
  16. 35. The introductory part of a constitution or statute that states the reasons for the law or constitution.
  17. 36. an assembly or council.
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  1. 1. A written document limiting the power of the government, identifying the rights of the citizens, and defines a state.
  2. 2. 3 laws that allowed the chief executive to deport any immigrant who they found dangerous, and 1 law that banned false or bad writings about the government.
  3. 5. wanted states to have the power and the central government to be weak.
  4. 7. Every 3 out of 5 slaves would be counted.
  5. 8. a form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body.
  6. 9. The pen name of Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison.
  7. 10. The lower legislative branch.
  8. 12. To approve.
  9. 13. Relating to a form of government where the states recognize the power of a central government but have certain state-level government powers.
  10. 14. This branch carries out and enforces laws.
  11. 15. List items individually.
  12. 18. The purchase made by Thomas Jefferson that doubled the size of the US.
  13. 20. Treaty between Spain and the United States, it also guaranteed the US navigation rights on the Mississippi River.
  14. 22. It established the power of judicial review and the power to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional.
  15. 24. The first 10 amendments in the US constitution.
  16. 26. A uprising of farmers, that lead to protests, that lead to George Washington coming out of retirement to help suppress them.
  17. 27. the power of the courts to examine the actions of the legislative, executive, and administrative arms of the government to determine whether such actions are consistent with the constitution or if they aren't.
  18. 28. The term used to describe the judges appointed to the Federal Circuit courts by President Adams on his last day in office.
  19. 32. A supreme court judge.