US History, 1775-1812

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