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- 4. These "War ____" were Congressional leaders, primarily from the South and West, who pushed for war with Britain in 1812
- 5. "Popular ______" -- the Constitutional principle that the ultimate political authority rests with the people
- 9. Shawnee leader who attempted to united Native American tribes to resist U.S. expansion
- 13. "______ of 1807" -- This [failed] policy banned U.S. trade with Britain and France to try and avoid war
- 14. This ordinance of 1787 established the process for new territories to become states -- a success for the Articles of Confederation
- 17. This Rebellion was an uprising of farmers in Massachusetts; it exposed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation
- 18. Second U.S. President; Federalist from Massachusetts; supported the Alien and Sedition Acts
- 19. This was a decisive American victory in the War of 1812, led by Andrew Jackson "Battle of New _____"
- 20. This Anti-Federalist "George" wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which inspired the Bill of Rights
- 21. This "affair" was known by three-letters -- it was a diplomatic crisis involving French diplomats that asked U.S. diplomats for a bribe
- 22. The act of formally approving an amendment, or in this case, the Constitution
- 23. This Compromise created the two-house Congress (Senate and House)
- 24. America's first governing document, adopted in 1781, Articles of
- 26. "________ of powers" -- another Constitutional principle
- 27. The "Democratic _______" party was led by Thomas Jefferson and favored states' rights and a limited federal government
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- 1. This Constitutional principle upholds the idea that the government's power is not absolute
- 2. First Secretary of the Treasury, author of a financial plan to pay off state debts (which Jefferson opposed)
- 3. This purchase occurred in 1803 and doubled the size of the United States
- 6. This term refers to the sharing of power between the federal government and state governments
- 7. British practice of seizing U.S. sailors and forcing them into the Royal Navy
- 8. This rebellion was an uprising of farmers against a federal excise tax, eventually put down by President Washington
- 10. Known as the "Father of the Constitution," he was also President during the War of 1812
- 11. Warned about the dangers of political parties in his farewell address
- 12. The Supreme Court Chief Justice who established the principle of Judicial Review
- 15. Third President of the United States; his election was called a "Revolution"
- 16. This is a term for a tax placed on imported goods, often to protect domestic industries
- 25. Jefferson idealized this profession, and thought they were the ideal citizen in a democracy