A More Perfect Union

1. the idea that each branch of government has specific ways to limit the power of the other branches
3. set up the three step process for admitting new states
4. decided how slaves would be counted for the states' populations
7. a person who officially represents their state
10. a change or addition to a document
11. the United States' first written plan for government
13. the president of the Constitutional Convention
14. the branch of government that enforces laws
16. a period when business activity slows, prices and wages drop, and unemployment rises
18. often called the "Father of the Constitution"
19. the plan that called for one house legislative branch with each state being equally represented
20. against the Constitution and favored states having more power than the central government
22. the branch of government that makes laws

1. the meeting of delegates in which the Articles of Confederation were scrapped in favor of a new United States Constitution
2. the branch of government that is a system of courts set up to interpret laws
5. to approve something formally
6. the division of government between the central government and the constituent units, as in the national government and the states
8. A document stating the rules under which a agovernment will operate
9. the plan that called for the legislative branch of the central government to be made up of two houses with representation for states based on their population
12. framer of the Constitution from Connecticut who believed common people could not be an integral part of the government decision making
15. framer of the Constitution from Pennsylvania who believed common people were the cornerstone of the democratic process
17. the Massachusetts farmers'uprising that made it clear to many that the central government was too weak to protect its states from popular unrest
21. supported the Constitution and favored a strong central, or national, government