Across
- 3. Clause allowing Congress to make laws needed to carry out its powers, also called the elastic clause
- 4. Division of government into three branches to prevent any one branch from gaining too much power
- 5. States National bank created to stabilize the economy and manage government funds
- 6. Acts Laws passed in 1798 that limited speech and targeted immigrants, increasing tensions over federal power
- 7. Period when John Marshall was Chief Justice and strengthened federal power through Supreme Court decisions
- 8. Process by which government officials are formally accused of wrongdoing and can be removed from office
- 12. Economic activity focused on manufacturing and production, supported by Federalists
- 16. Statements arguing that states could nullify unconstitutional federal laws
- 17. Power of the president to reject a law passed by Congress
- 18. Power of courts to declare laws unconstitutional, strengthening the judiciary
- 19. Leader of the Federalists who supported a strong national government and economic growth through industry
- 23. Leader of the Democratic-Republicans who supported states’ rights and an agricultural society
- 24. 1803 case that established judicial review
- 25. Farming-based economy favored by Jefferson and Democratic-Republicans
Down
- 1. Speech warning against political parties and foreign alliances
- 2. Political party that supported states’ rights and a strict interpretation of the Constitution
- 9. Law of 1787 that set up a process for admitting new states and banned slavery in the Northwest Territory
- 10. Political party that supported a strong central government and loose interpretation of the Constitution
- 11. 1794 uprising of farmers protesting a federal tax on whiskey, showing federal authority under the Constitution
- 13. Peaceful transfer of power from Federalists to Democratic-Republicans, demonstrating stability of the new government
- 14. First ten amendments to the Constitution protecting individual freedoms such as speech and religion
- 15. Official approval of the Constitution by the states
- 20. British practice of forcing American sailors into the British navy
- 21. Framework of government ratified in 1788 that established a stronger federal system and replaced the Articles of Confederation
- 22. Conflict between the U.S. and Britain caused by trade issues and impressment, boosting American nationalism