Articles of Confederation & Constitution

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  1. 4. This branch interprets the laws to ensure they follow the rules of the Constitution
  2. 9. The giving of formal approval
  3. 10. The AoC had a _____ national government.
  4. 11. Elected president of the Constitutional Convention
  5. 14. "Father of the Constitution"
  6. 15. A system of money in common use in a nation
  7. 18. The house of Congress based on equality
  8. 19. The AoC was the first ______________ of the United States.
  9. 20. This branch makes the laws
  10. 21. The Bill of Rights are the first ______ Amendments to the Constitution.
  11. 22. This system of government shares power between the national and state governments.
  12. 23. This branch enforces (or carries out) the laws
  13. 24. Congress had no power to ____ under the AoC
  14. 25. An addition or change to the Constitution
  15. 27. The 3/5 Compromise perpetuated ___________ in the United States.
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  1. 1. Powers of each branch are limited by powers given to other branches of the government (3 words)
  2. 2. The name for Congress having 2 houses
  3. 3. The house of Congress based on population in each state
  4. 5. Each state had their own _________ under the AoC
  5. 6. The compromise created to make both large and small states happy with representation
  6. 7. ___/13 states had to vote in favor of the Constitution for it to become the law of the land.
  7. 8. This outlined the process for admitting new states.
  8. 12. The only branch under the AoC
  9. 13. Each state had ____ vote regardless of size under the AoC
  10. 16. Wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights
  11. 17. Where the Constitution was written
  12. 26. The first amendment gives citizens ___________ of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.