The Constitutional Convention
Across
- 4. The Constitutional Convention was held at Independence ___ in Philadelphia, 1787.
- 7. A ____ legislature has only one group to make laws. (hint- Unicorn)
- 8. The Great ____ took both the NJ and VA plans to set up the legislature.
- 10. The Constitutional ____ was the meeting where they made a new Constitution in 1787.
- 12. The Convention had to be ____ so they closed the doors and windows.
- 13. Both the NJ and VA plans wanted the government to have three ___ of government.
- 16. The Constitution that they made at the convention starts, "We the ___..."
Down
- 1. Our legislature today is _____, it has 2 groups making laws. (hint-bi..)
- 2. James ____ was the Father of the Convention.
- 3. The only state not to go to the convention was Rhode ____.
- 5. The ____ Plan awarded seats based on the size of the states population.
- 6. All went well except how to set up the ___.
- 9. The ____ has two representatives from each state.
- 11. The New ____ Plan gave one vote to each state.
- 14. The ____ of Representatives awards seats based on the size of the states population.
- 15. The ____-Fifths Compromise counts 3/5 of the slaves as part of the population.