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Which if these best describes the ratification of the constitution?
A. In key states the tide slowly turned in favor of the ratification
B. Most states were initially against the ratification
C. each state quickly approved the constitution

Self appointed enforcer of the law

Belief held in the 1800s that Americans had the right and duty to spread across the continent all the way to the pacific ocean

Name for the wealthy planter who made their money from cotton in the mid 1800s

To add on

Someone who invests in a risky venture in the hope of making a large profit

Power of the supreme. Kurt to decide whether acts of a president or laws passed by congress are constitutional

Actions that a nation takes in relation to other nations

Practice of awarding supporters with government jobs

Right that no person can be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime

Supporter of the constitution who favored a strong federal or national government

A private meeting often a political meeting

Ban on trade

Idea that the gov should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs

Place where one is safe from persecution

Act or decision that sets an example for others to follow

Period when business activity slows, prices and wages fall, unemployment rises

Process of population shifting from farms to cities

To give evidence against

Principle by which he powers of gov r divided among separated branches

Person who invests in a buisiness in order to make a profit

To give up

Loyalty to a state or sections rather than a whole country

Idea that a state has the right to nullify or cancel a federal law that state leaders consider to be unconstitutional

Devotion to ones country

A strip of land in present day Arizona and new Mexico for which the US paid Mexico 10 million dollars in 1853