Wanted: A Just Right Government
Across
- 1. states must treat their own citizens and other states' citizens this way
- 4. the Articles did not let Congress create this
- 5. the branch that makes the laws
- 9. the Articles of Confederation created a government that had only one of these
- 12. the Articles of Confederation was America's first plan for ____
- 14. in the House of Representatives, the number of votes a state gets depends on this
- 15. the Constitution says laws passed by Congress are ____ to state laws
- 18. states send these to Congress
- 19. one of two things people were afraid states might lose
- 22. under the Articles of Confederation, America did not have one of these
Down
- 1. under the New Jersey plan, these states would have more power
- 2. the branch that interprets laws
- 3. one problem was that states charged these on goods from other states
- 6. under the Virginia Plan, these states would have more power
- 7. the chamber of Congress where each state gets two votes
- 8. fraction of states that must agree to change the Constitution
- 10. these were the "individuals" in the "confederation" created by the Articles
- 11. the document that replaced the Articles of Confederation
- 13. a group of individuals united together for a purpose
- 16. early Americans had something in common with this fictional character
- 17. one of two things people were afraid states might lose
- 20. the branch that carries out the laws
- 21. under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could not do this to its laws, so states could just ignore laws