Across
- 4. ten of the proposed amendments intended to protect citizen's rights
- 5. a meeting held in Independence Hall in Philadelphia where delegates from the states wrote the constitution (1787)
- 7. the idea that political authority is in the hands of the people
- 8. the uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt
- 9. a period of low economic activity combined with a rise of unemployment
- 13. offical changes
- 14. a system of government where power is distributed between a central government and individual states
- 16. an agreement made at the constitutional convention establishing that the lower house would be represented by population while in the upper house each state has equal representation
- 17. a proposed constitution that would give sovereignty to the central government
- 19. trade between two or more states
- 20. lands including present day Indiana, Michigan, Illinois,Ohio, and Wisconsion
- 21. offical approval
- 23. known as the "father of the Constitution" for his ideas about government and his ability to lead the delegates to agreement
- 27. an anti-federalist who believed the constitution needed a section guarenteeing individual rights
- 28. branch of government responsible for interpreting laws, punishing criminals, and settling disputes between states.
- 29. a document that declared no person could be forced to attend a particular church or pay for a church with tax money
- 30. a set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government
Down
- 1. taxes on imports or exports
- 2. a document that created the first central government for the United States that was later replaced with the constitution
- 3. the right to vote
- 6. branch of government responsible for making sure laws are carried out
- 10. supporters of the constitution
- 11. to plead in favor of
- 12. a document signed by King John which made the king subject to law
- 15. branch of government responsible of propossing and passing laws
- 18. an agreement where only three-fifths of a state's slave population counted when determining representation
- 22. increased prices of goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
- 24. people who opposed the constitution
- 25. a system established by the constitution that prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful
- 26. a poor farmer and Revoluntionary War veteran who led hundreds of men in a forced shutdown of the Sumpreme Court