Across
- 2. The Louisiana Purchase gave the United States full control of this critical passageway for trade
- 6. The President can sign or do this to bills passed by Congress
- 9. He created the national bank and founded the American financial system
- 10. What the Executive Branch does to the laws Congress creates
- 11. The kind of politics which characterized the early American republic; Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans
- 14. This act, passed by President Adams and the Federalist Congress, made it illegal to criticize the government or president
- 15. The diplomats who refused to negotiate the seizure of American ships with taking a bribe, first
- 16. Landmark court case Marbury v. Madison established this primary power of the Supreme Court
- 19. The powers of the Federal/National Government compared to the State Government
- 20. Bicameral legislature that creates laws at the federal level
- 21. The 3/5s Compromise ensured that every 5 of these would count as 3 people toward both population and taxation.
Down
- 1. The center of Jefferson's agrarian vision what giving settlement and farming land to these people
- 3. Laws/powers that are not stated in the Constitution
- 4. Fries rebellion was a protest against this type of taxation
- 5. Laws/powers that are spelled out in the Constitution
- 7. This rebellion showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
- 8. The source of power to govern comes from the people; "Popular"
- 12. Number of Justices on the Supreme Court
- 13. One of the major checks that the Legislative Branch has over the other two branches. "Power of the Purse"
- 17. Each branch can limit the power of the others
- 18. 400 farmers rebelled against an excise tax on domestic goods, like this