A Just Right Government

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