Unit 2 Review

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Across
  1. 2. This many states needed to approve the Constitution before it became official (spell the number)
  2. 3. In this system, the states share much of their power with the central government
  3. 5. The biggest complaint of Antifederalists was that the new Constitution did not include one of these (3)
  4. 7. The name of the plan that said Congress would have two houses, where representation in both would be determined by a state’s population
  5. 8. Immediately after declaring independence in 1776, most Americans preferred a ___ central government
  6. 12. A nation’s plan of how its government works is called this
  7. 13. The Constitutional Convention happened during the summer of 17___ (spell out the number) (2)
  8. 14. The Constitution is the “supreme and final _______” - meaning that no laws can be passed that go against its ideas
  9. 17. A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
  10. 21. The biggest problem with the _______ was that it did not give the central government enough power to handle the nation’s problems (3)
  11. 24. In matters of counting slaves for taxation and _______, the Three-Fifths Compromise was reached
  12. 26. The branch that makes the laws
  13. 28. A Congress with two houses is called this
  14. 29. The Northwest Ordinance said that _____ was not allowed anywhere in the Northwest Territory
  15. 30. He’s known as the “Father of the Constitution” because of the many contributions he made to it
  16. 31. The first ____ amendments make up the Bill of Rights (spell the number)
Down
  1. 1. A person who supported the new Constitution
  2. 4. A person who opposed the new Constitution
  3. 6. Roger Sherman came up with the ________ to solve the arguing between the big and small states (Be sure you know the details of this for the test!) (2)
  4. 9. The original goal of the Constitutional ______ was to make minor changes to the Articles of Confederation
  5. 10. Each branch of government can “______ and balance” the others to ensure that none are abusing their power
  6. 11. Madison, Hamilton, and Jay wrote a series of essays called the ______ to influence the public o support the new Constitution (2)
  7. 15. The Articles of Confederation would not allow the central government to ____ Americans to raise money
  8. 16. The Articles of Confederation was America’s ______ constitution
  9. 18. Legislative, Executive, and Judicial are the names of the _____ of government
  10. 19. This guy from the Enlightenment said that governments should divide and balance the power of the government
  11. 20. The branch that’s led by the president and enforces the laws
  12. 22. The branch that is the federal court system and interprets the constitution
  13. 23. Shay’s ______ signaled a major problem that the central government didn’t have enough power under the Articles of Confederation
  14. 25. The name of the plan that said Congress would have one house, and each state would get one vote regardless of population (2)
  15. 27. This enlightenment thinker influenced the framers to think about protecting the people’s natural human rights