Articles of Confederation to Constitution

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Across
  1. 2. The Articles of Confederation was the first plan for a U.S. _____.
  2. 4. These were the "individuals" in the "confederation" created by the Articles
  3. 8. The chamber of Congress where each state gets two votes
  4. 9. The Articles of Confederation created a government that had only one of these
  5. 10. The branch that makes laws
  6. 11. The branch that carries out laws
  7. 13. must treat their own citizens and other states' citizens this way
  8. 14. The Constitution says laws passed by Congress are _____ to state laws.
  9. 15. The branch that interprets laws
  10. 18. One of two things people were afraid states might lose
  11. 20. States send these to Congress to work on laws
Down
  1. 1. Under the New Jersey plan, these states would have more power
  2. 3. Under the Articles of Confederation, congress could not do this to its laws, so states could just ignore laws
  3. 5. Fraction of states that must agree to change the Constitution
  4. 6. In the House of Representatives, the number of votes a state gets depends on its
  5. 7. Under the Articles, the U.S. did not have one of these
  6. 12. The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation
  7. 16. One of two things people were afraid states might lose
  8. 17. Under the Virginia Plan, these states would have more power
  9. 19. One problem was that states charged these on goods from other states