A More Perfect Union

3. the branch of government that makes laws
4. a person who officially represents their state
8. the idea that each branch of government has specific ways to limit the power of the other branches
10. to approve something formally
12. decided how slaves would be counted for the states' populations
17. the branch of government that enforces laws
18. the United States' first written plan for government
21. the branch of government that is a system of courts set up to interpret laws
22. often called the "Father of the Constitution"
23. the plan that called for one house legislative branch with each state being equally represented

1. against the Constitution and favored states having more power than the central government
2. the president of the Constitutional Convention
5. a period when business activity slows, prices and wages drop, and unemployment rises
6. the Massachusetts farmers'uprising that made it clear to many that the central government was too weak to protect its states from popular unrest
7. the meeting of delegates in which the Articles of Confederation were scrapped in favor of a new United States Constitution
9. a change or addition to a document
11. the plan that called for the legislative branch of the central government to be made up of two houses with representation for states based on their population
13. framer of the Constitution from Connecticut who believed common people could not be an integral part of the government decision making
14. framer of the Constitution from Pennsylvania who believed common people were the cornerstone of the democratic process
15. supported the Constitution and favored a strong central, or national, government
16. set up the three step process for admitting new states
19. A document stating the rules under which a agovernment will operate
20. the division of government between the central government and the constituent units, as in the national government and the states