US History Vocabulary #6
Across
- 2. state governments observed the separation of church and state
- 5. papers written by federalist in favor of the Constitution
- 6. intended to expose French agents and sympathizers, but attacked Americans who criticized the president
- 8. Chief Justice Marshall went further in his decision, ruling that the Supreme Court reserved the right to decide whether an act of Congress violated the Constitution
- 11. in the summer of 1878 the founding fathers gathered in Philadelphia
- 12. the revolution that helped drive American views to more central and stable government
- 14. American envoys were met with bribes by the French government
- 15. Ten amendments were added in 1791 to protect the rights of individual and endorsed by the antifederalist
- 16. a political party with a focus on the Constitution and national power
- 17. Hamilton wanted Congress to create this in order to manage the country's debt
Down
- 1. Hamilton’s whiskey tax thus placed a special burden on western farmers and led to protests.
- 3. a prime example of why the country needed a strong central government, Massachusetts's farmer rebel against the state due to debt.
- 4. the Republicans defeated Adams in a bitter and complicated presidential race, on the thirty-sixth ballot, Thomas Jefferson emerged victorious.
- 7. a federalist who was a key contributor to the US Constitution and 4th US President
- 9. also known as the Jeffersonian party grew in opposition to the Federalists Party
- 10. a treaty which required Britain to abandon its postsin the Northwest Territory and compensate American merchants for impressment.
- 13. Roger Sherman suggested both types of representation in Congress and counted three-fifths the enslaved population