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- 3. Jefferson and Madison believed that states could do this to federal laws they regarded as unconstitutional
- 5. At Hamilton's urging, Washington agreed to establish a national one of these
- 6. This amendment protects against self-incrimination
- 9. (2 words) Enslaved man who led a rebellion in Virginia in 1800
- 10. Clark's slave who accompanied him on the expedition to the Pacific
- 11. The last major battle of the American Revolution was fought here
- 12. These laws dealt with the old Northwest Territory, and how it should form governments
- 15. This was probably one of the dumbest agreed to by an American president - in this case, Jefferson
- 16. (2 words) The power the Supreme Court gave itself in 1803, to be able to rule whether or not a law was constitutional.
- 18. The author of "Common Sense"
- 19. The second president of the United States
- 20. This man led a rebellion from 1786-1787 which helped lead to the Constitutional Convention the next year.
- 21. The plan named after the state at the Constitutional Convention which wanted to base government representation on population
- 22. This affair dealt with the French demanding bribes to meet with American diplomats
- 24. (3 words) Francis Scott Key wrote this while the British shelled Ft. McHenry outside Baltimore
- 25. (2 words) What each enslaved person counted for in the census, compared to a white person
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- 1. (3 words) The first ten amendments
- 2. (3 words)This act, signed by Adams, allowed the president to deport foreigners and arrest people who criticized the US government
- 4. (3 words) The US form of government before the Constitution
- 7. Shoshone teenager who was largely responsible for the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition
- 8. This Great Lake was the site of an American naval victory in the War of 1812
- 13. (2 words) The plan named after this state at the Constitutional Convention reflecting the equality of the states
- 14. (2 words) God endows people with these and they cannot be taken away
- 17. Each state had to do this with the Constitution before it could join the United States
- 23. The 12th Amendment provided that candidates for president and vice president get separate ones in the voting process
