Unit 3 Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. John ___________ - A U.S. Chief Justice whose decision in Marbury v Madison changed US politics
  2. 5. ___________ v. Madison - A landmark Supreme Court Case that established Judicial Review.
  3. 6. __________ Destiny - the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
  4. 9. A group of politicians that were AGAINST a strong, central, national government.
  5. 11. A philosophy that supports a return to family farming, subsistence agriculture, and widespread property ownership.
  6. 13. ____________ Act - a law that allowed citizens and intended citizens to claim 160 acres of government land in exchange for living on it and making improvements.
  7. 14. ____________ Doctrine - A U.S. Policy, started by President James Monroe, said that the US would not bother itself with European matters.
  8. 16. A territory that gained independence from Mexico in 1836, and later joined the U.S. Disputes over the border led to war between the U.S. and Mexico
  9. 17. Thomas _______________ - A Federalist, the 3rd president of the United States, a founding father
  10. 18. ______________ Purchase - the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803
Down
  1. 1. Treaty of __________________________ - the agreement signed in 1848 that officially ended the Mexican-American War, forcing Mexico to cede a vast territory to the United States, including present-day California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona and New Mexico, and parts of Colorado,
  2. 2. Trail of _______ - The forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850
  3. 4. __________ Judges Act - The name comes from the fact that Adams signed the commissions late into the night of his last day in office.
  4. 7. ____________ Court of the United States - The top of the Judicial Branch
  5. 8. A group of politicians strongly FOR a strong, central, national government
  6. 10. __________ Treaty - an agreement between the United States and Great Britain that established the border between the United States and British North America west of the Rocky Mountains
  7. 11. _______-__________ Treaty - A treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and Mexico.
  8. 12. _____________-Republicans - A group that favored a Republic and were strongly against the Federalists, who they thought were pushing for monarchy
  9. 15. Judicial __________ - The Supreme Court's ability to strike down any law that is seen as "unconstitutional"
  10. 17. Andrew ____________ - The seventh president of the United States