The Constitutional convention

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  1. 2. The delegate from New York who argued for a strong national government.
  2. 8. The branch described in Article I that makes laws.
  3. 9. The delegate from Virginia known as the “father of the Constitution.”
  4. 13. The one-house legislature proposed by the New Jersey Plan.
  5. 14. Article IV explains how the states and the federal government work together.
  6. 16. Article VII explains this process for approving the Constitution.
  7. 17. The two-house legislative system created by the Great Compromise.
  8. 19. The compromise that created a two-house Congress.
  9. 21. The opening section of the Constitution that explains its purpose.
  10. 24. The Connecticut delegate who defended the interests of small states.
  11. 26. The compromise that counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation.
  12. 28. The plan that favored large states and representation based on population.
  13. 29. The delegate who argued for a Bill of Rights.
  14. 31. The ninth state to ratify the Constitution was this state.
  15. 32. Article V explains how to make this change to the Constitution.
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  1. 1. The Articles of Confederation were replaced by this document.
  2. 3. The group that opposed a strong national government and wanted protections for individual rights.
  3. 4. Article VI establishes the Constitution as the supreme law of the land.
  4. 5. The city where the Constitutional Convention met in 1787.
  5. 6. The group that supported a stronger national government.
  6. 7. The chamber of Congress in which representation is based on population.
  7. 10. the plan that favored small states and equal representation.
  8. 11. The branch described in Article III that interprets laws.
  9. 12. The date when delegates signed the Constitution.
  10. 15. The number of senators representing each state under the Great Compromise.
  11. 18. The chamber of Congress in which each state has equal representation.
  12. 20. The branch described in Article II that carries out laws.
  13. 22. The month and year when the Constitutional Convention met.
  14. 23. The process by which states approve the Constitution.
  15. 25. The final state to join the Union in May 1790.
  16. 27. The president of the Constitutional Convention.
  17. 30. The first three words of the Preamble.