3.7 Constitution Review

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Across
  1. 8. an agreement that three-fifths of the enslaved people counted for both tax purposes and for representation
  2. 9. a change to a document
  3. 12. the United States first government with a weak central government
  4. 13. first ten amendments of the US Constitution that protect individual freedoms
  5. 15. a clause, item, point, or particular in a contract; there are 7 in the US Constitution
  6. 16. A form of government in which power is shared among national, state, and local government
  7. 17. a philosopher who discussed the idea of separation of powers in government
  8. 18. argued for a stronger central government and that the Constitution did not need a Bill of Rights
  9. 19. The system whereby each branch of government exercises some control over the others
  10. 20. argued for stronger state governments and that the Constitution needed a Bill of Rights
Down
  1. 1. an agreement that created the House of Representatives and the Senate
  2. 2. meeting to create and ratify the U.S. Constitution
  3. 3. a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution
  4. 4. The division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
  5. 5. the United States second government with a federal system of government
  6. 6. introduces the Constitution, explain what the Constitution is meant to do, and describe the purpose of the new government
  7. 7. government as well as the governed are subject to the law and that all are to be equally protected by the law
  8. 10. Government’s authority flows from the people.
  9. 11. approval
  10. 14. an agreement that Congress could not ban the slave trade until 1808