Across
- 3. – Diplomatic scandal involving French demands for bribes.
- 4. – Chief Justice who strengthened the Supreme Court.
- 6. – A law, especially one passed for governing western lands.
- 9. – Convention leader and first president who set early precedents.
- 12. – Protest against a tax that tested Washington’s authority.
- 15. Territory – Region created by Congress that included future Midwestern states.
- 17. – Group that opposed the Constitution without a Bill of Rights.
- 18. – Federalist leader who supported a national bank.
- 19. – Short-lived “lost” state that tried to break away in the 1780s.
Down
- 1. – System preventing any branch of government from becoming too powerful.
- 2. – Laws passed under Adams that limited speech against the government.
- 4. – “Father of the Constitution” who kept detailed convention notes.
- 5. – Land deal that doubled the size of the United States.
- 7. – First ten amendments protecting individual freedoms.
- 8. – Compromise on how enslaved people would be counted for representation.
- 10. – Agreement creating a two-house legislature.
- 11. – America’s first national government structure after independence.
- 13. – Democratic-Republican leader who favored strict interpretation.
- 14. – Power shared between national and state governments.
- 16. – Farmers’ uprising that showed weaknesses of the Articles.