A More Perfect Union Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. A section of the Constitution that would be added later to protect the individual rights of the people (hint: page 3)
  2. 9. The small states plan that called for a unicameral legislature with equal representation (hint: notes page 2)
  3. 13. A system of government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
  4. 15. A system of government in which citizens have the ultimate power
  5. 16. having two separate lawmaking chambers or sections
  6. 17. the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from having all of the power
  7. 18. An issue the delegates could not compromise on so they decided to put off the conversation until 1808
  8. 19. A system in which the different parts of government have powers that affect and control the other parts so that no part can become too powerful
  9. 20. The first plan of government that largely failed (hint: notes page 1)
  10. 21. A group of people in government with power to make the laws
Down
  1. 1. The first, first president under the Articles of Confederation ( hint: not George Washington)
  2. 2. Someone who supported a strong national government and the Constitution (hint: front page)
  3. 3. A settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side accepting terms that are less than is desirable (hint: page 3)
  4. 4. The large states plan that called for a bicameral legislature with proportional representation (hint: notes page 2)
  5. 6. The fraction of the enslaved population that could count toward a state's population (hint: page 3)
  6. 7. A system where the national government SHARES power with state governments
  7. 8. A system where the states have more power over the national government (individual power over a larger authority)
  8. 10. Connecticut's idea to compromise between the Virginia and New Jersey Plan (hint: page 3)
  9. 11. a person sent/authorized to represent others in a large group
  10. 12. Someone against a strong national government and the Constitution (hint: front page)
  11. 14. Having the proper or corresponding size in relation to other objects or items