Across
- 5. interpretation of the Constitution that seeks to adapt its meaning to the needs of the country at that moment
- 6. a form of government in which the people rule, either directly or through elected representatives
- 10. unsettled territory bordered by the Ohio River, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Mississippi River
- 12. to give official approval
- 14. Second president of the US, first vice president of the US
- 17. deported anyone from a country with which the United States was at war
- 20. opposed the constitution
- 23. people chosen to speak or make decisions for another person or group of people
- 24. representatives
- 27. Trail carved out by Daniel Boone through the Cumberland Gap
- 29. Washington offered advise on how the nation should move forward
- 30. a group of advisors to the president who each head a department of the executive branch
- 34. allowed three-fifths of a states slave population to count toward a state's total population
- 35. freedoms that are protected by law
- 36. allowed congress to divide the Northwest Territory into three to five separate territories
- 38. Hamilton wanted to create it to stabilize the economy
- 39. a person who buys and sells land for a profit
- 41. 16th state of the union
- 42. delegates meeting in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation
- 43. led a rebellion in Massachusetts following the Revolution over monetary debt crisis at the end of the American Revolutionary War.
Down
- 1. interpretation of the Constitution that maintains the federal government has authority to do ONLY what the Constitution specifically states it can do
- 2. approval
- 3. limits any one branch from gaining too much power
- 4. violent protest against a tax on whiskey that took place in the United States from 1791 to 1794
- 7. the idea that government authority comes from people who have agreed to be governed
- 8. said the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional and that the states had the right to nullify them
- 9. secretary of the treasury in Washington's Cabinet
- 11. loosely unified the states by giving basic powers to a weaker central government and more power to the states; government established after the American Revolution in the Colonies
- 13. banned any writings thought to be false, harmful, or directed against the government
- 15. allows the three branches to keep the other two branches in check
- 16. earlier events or actions used as examples for decisions or actions
- 18. groups of men who traveled together looking for game; first European people to come to Tennessee
- 19. grants Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers grated in the Constitution
- 21. the first ten amendments; protects the people's basic rights and freedoms
- 22. solved the representation issue in the Constitutional Convention
- 25. 1st president; general of the Continental Army
- 26. a diplomatic incident between the United States and France that occurred in 1797 and 1798
- 28. supported the Constitution
- 31. a fleet of small ships
- 32. change to the Constitution
- 33. division of power between the states and federal government
- 37. import tax
- 40. 1784 divided the Northwest Territory into states