CMS Just Right Government

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