Social Studies Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. The freeing of some enslaved persons
  2. 5. A period of low economic activity and widespread unemployment
  3. 7. Compromise, The Compromise was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.
  4. 10. Bill of Rights, also known as the Bill of Rights 1688, is a landmark Act in the constitutional law of England that sets out certain basic civil rights and clarifies who would be next to inherit the Crown.
  5. 11. Morris, was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States.
  6. 16. supporters of the constitution
  7. 18. sovereignty, A political theory that government is subject to the will of the people; before the Civl War, the idea that people living in a territory had the right to decide by voting if slavery would be allowed there
  8. 21. Territory, The Territory in the United States was formed after the American Revolutionary War, and was known formally as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio.
  9. 22. Morris, was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution. He wrote the Preamble to the United States Constitution and has been called the "Penman of the Constitution".
  10. 23. a member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement founded by George Fox c. 1650 and devoted to peaceful principles.
  11. 24. of government, The Federal Government is composed of three distinct branches: legislative , executive , and judicial whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress, the President, and the Federal courts respectively.
  12. 25. and balances, The System in which each branch of government has a check on the other two branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful
  13. 26. Madison, was an American statesman, diplomat, expansionist, philosopher and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.
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  1. 1. Plan, A plan was a proposal to establish a bicameral (two-branch) legislature in the newly founded United States. Drafted by James Madison in 1787, the plan recommended that states be represented based upon their population numbers and it also called for the creation of three branches of government.
  2. 3. Ordinance, The Ordinance adopted July 13 1787 by the Confederation Congress chartered a government for the Northwest Territory provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.
  3. 4. of Rights, is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. It spells out Americans' rights in relation to their government. It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual—like freedom of speech, press, and religion.
  4. 6. Movement during the 1700s that spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve
  5. 8. Compromise, compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
  6. 9. is a state in the East North Central region of the Midwestern United States. Of the fifty states, it is the 34th largest by area, the seventh most populous, and the tenth most densely populated.
  7. 12. Individuals who opposed ratification of the Constitution
  8. 13. Rebellion, an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts in opposition to a debt crisis among the citizenry and the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades; the fight took place mostly in and around Springfield during 1786 and 1787.
  9. 14. the sharing of power between federal and state governments
  10. 15. Consisting of two houses, or chambers, especially in a legislature.
  11. 17. was a French judge, man of letters, and political philosopher. He is the principal source of the theory of separation of powers, which is implemented in many constitutions throughout the world.
  12. 19. Branch, The branch of government that makes the nations laws.
  13. 20. Locke, was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".
  14. 27. of Confederation, the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.