The Constitution
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- 3. The _____ is often called the chief executive.
- 6. _______ is where the Declarations of Independence was signed and were the Constitutional Convention me.
- 8. _______ was the plan adopted at the constitutional convention that established a two-house Congress.
- 13. In the _________ each state would have 2 senators.
- 14. In the ________ the number of representative from each state is based on the state's population.
- 16. A ______ is a person who is the legal property of another and if forced to obey them.
- 17. _______ is an agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating slaves would be counted as 3/5ths of a person.
- 19. The Consitution was _____, or formally approved.
- 20. ________ from 12 states attended the Constitutional Convention.
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- 1. _________ called for a strong national government made of two houses.
- 2. _______ is known as the Father of the Constitution.
- 4. Delegates later known as ____ agreed to design the framework of government.
- 5. ________ was a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution.
- 7. __________ showed that under the Articles of Confederation, the government was to weak to keep order.
- 9. In the ________ each state would have an equal vote in Congress.
- 10. ______ were people that was against the Constitution.
- 11. _________ are people that wanted the Constitution.
- 12. _________ is a country governed by elected representatives.
- 15. ________ is the group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president.
- 18. The most important rule of the convention was the rule of ______.