Westward Expansion Crossword

The belief of many Americans in the 1840’s that the United States should own all the land between the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans.
The first draft of the Constitution...This document didn’t work because it had a weak national government.
The first ten amendments .
The branch of government in charge with carrying out the country's laws. The president and Vice President work here.
Their job is to interpret the law and declare something to be constitutional or unconstitutional. Nine justices work here in the Supreme court.
Their job is to make the laws. This is where Congress works.
A group of people who opposed to a strong central government and wanted states to have more rights.
to reject or prohibit actions and laws of other government officials
To remove an official from office .
A national legislative body made up of the senate and house of representatives.
The right of federal courts to declare laws of Congress and acts of the executive branch void and unenforceable if they are judged to be in conflict with the Constitution.
This system gives each of the three branches of government ways to limit the powers of the other branches.
A change in the Constitution.
A statement in the Constitution that gives congress the power to change the constitution.
The government offered 160 acres of land for free to anyone who worked the land for five years, (it was an attempt to give poor Easterners a chance to own land in the west).
The area where the homesteaders live.
(1850-1890) A movement westward for jobs, land, hope, the gold rush, adventure, a new beginning. Made further possible by the transcontinental railroad
A statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the United States or in the development of other countries in the Western Hemisphere. It also stated that any attempt to interfere with any nation in the Americans would be seen by the United States as an act of hostility against us.
The U.S., under Jefferson, bought this territory from France, under the rule of Napoleon.
They were paid to explore and map the newly acquired territory and find a route across the Western half of the continent to the Pacific Ocean.
Was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government. ... These farmers resisted the tax.
The president who purchased the Louisiana territory and help write the declaration of independence.
An economic and political system where countries gain wealth and power by limiting imports and increasing exports. *Trade controlled by Mother Country
A policy governing international relations.