"Wanted: Just Right Government" Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. The Articles of Confederation created a government that had only one of these
  2. 4. In the House of Representatives, the number of votes a state gets depends on this
  3. 9. Under the New Jersey plan, these states would have more power
  4. 10. Under the Virginia Plan, these states would have more power
  5. 11. One of two things people were afraid states might lose
  6. 15. Fraction of states that must agree to change the Constitution
  7. 18. One problem was that states charged these on goods from other states
  8. 19. Early Americans had something in common with this fictional character!
  9. 21. The Articles let Congress create this but not pay for it
  10. 22. Under the Articles of Confederation, congress could not do this to its laws, so states could just ignore laws
  11. 23. These were the “individuals” in the “confederation” created by the Articles
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  1. 1. The Constitution says laws passed by Congress are ___ to state laws.
  2. 3. The branch that interprets laws
  3. 5. The branch that makes laws
  4. 6. One of two things people were afraid states might lose
  5. 7. the branch that carries out laws
  6. 8. A group of individuals united together for a purpose
  7. 12. The document that replaced the Articles of
  8. 13. Under the Articles, America did not have one of these
  9. 14. The Articles of Confederation was America’s first plan for this
  10. 16. States send these to Congress
  11. 17. The chamber of Congress where each state gets two votes
  12. 20. States must treat their own citizens and other states’ citizens this way