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- 4. Political statements in which Virginia and Kentucky declared the Alien and Sedition Acts unconstitutional
- 8. Party started by Thomas Jefferson and outlined republicanism, political equality, and expansionism
- 10. group of Republican Congressmen who, at the end of the first decade of the 1800s, demanded that the United States declared war against Great Britain, invade British Canada, and expel the Spanish from Florida
- 12. These laws included new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote
- 14. Set up a standardized system where settlers could purchase farmland in the undeveloped West
- 16. Political attempt by the Federalists, led by John Adams, to pack the courts with federalists. The act itself reduced the number of Supreme Court Justices from 6 down to 5.
- 17. The original Constitution of the US that failed and was replaced in 1789
- 19. legal theory that a state has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional
- 21. Prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports
- 23. Committee of senior ministers responsible for controlling government policy
- 25. The first national bank of the US
- 26. George Washington declared the US was neutral in the conflict between Great Britain and France
- 31. Rebellion formed out of a debt crisis in Massachussetes, but the central government had no army to put it down
- 33. Compromise between the Virginia and New Jersey Plan in which one legislative house will be based on population, and one where each state was equal
- 34. Government powers specifically outlined in the Constitution
- 35. Slaves counted as 3/5ths of a person when counting a states population
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- 1. First 10 amendments of the Constitution which guarantees many basic rights like freedom of speech and the right to bear arms
- 2. Established the judicial courts of the United States
- 3. taking of men into a military or naval force by compulsion, with or without notice
- 5. Opposed the idea of a strong, centralized government and led to the creation of the Bill of Rights
- 6. Provided a method for admitting new states to the Union
- 7. Papers written in support of the new Constitution in order to convince New York to ratify it
- 9. the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States
- 11. Any powers not specifically given to the central government are given to the states
- 13. A gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution
- 15. peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- 16. Averted war with Great Britain and resolved issues between America and Great Britain following the Treaty of Paris
- 18. diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War
- 20. fought on January 8, 1815 between British troops led by General Edward Pakenham and American forces led by General Andrew Jackson. Despite being outnumbered 2:1, the Americans, who had constructed sophisticated earthworks, won a decisive victory against the British assault
- 22. process under which executive or legislative actions are subject to review by the judiciary
- 24. Established intentions of friendship between the Americans and the Spanish
- 27. land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million
- 28. Plan called for each state to have one vote in congress rather than it being based on population
- 29. Loyalty to one's own section or region of the country, rather than the whole country
- 30. Plan proposed by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch, both have votes based on populations
- 32. Supporters of the new Constitution and a centralized government