Key Terms and People
Across
- 3. person who runs the government and sees that the laws are carried out
- 5. delegate from Virginia who took notes at the Constitutional Convention; called the Father of the Constitution
- 8. agreement in which each side gives up part of what it wants
- 11. delegate responsible for writing the Preamble to the Constitution
Down
- 1. supporter of the Constitution and an author of the Federalist Papers
- 2. delegate from Connecticut who helped draft the Great Compromise
- 4. document stating the rules under which a government will operate
- 6. period when business activity slows, prices and wages drop, and unemployment rises
- 7. branch of government that consists of a system of courts to interpret the law
- 9. Anti-Federalist leader who argued in favor of a bill of rights
- 10. approve
- 12. army veteran and Massachusetts farmer who led an uprising to protest economic conditions