Chapter 3: Constitution

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Across
  1. 5. Called for a strong President, bicameral Congress with representation based off of population of the state, and a strong national court system.
  2. 7. To formally approve a document.
  3. 9. Opposed the Constitution.
  4. 12. System that gives each branch of government the ability to control the powers of the other branches.
  5. 19. One chambered.
  6. 20. State where Shays's Rebellion occurred.
  7. 21. Document that created the US's first government.
  8. 23. Clause that requires all state laws to follow national laws.
  9. 25. Only state that did not send anyone to the Constitutional Convention.
  10. 26. Article in the Constitution that created the Supreme Court.
  11. 28. Only branch of government that existed at the national level under the Articles of Confederation.
Down
  1. 1. Introduction to the Constitution.
  2. 2. A detailed and written set of rules for how a government operates.
  3. 3. Name given to agreement between the factions from New Jersey and Virginia at the Constitutional Convention.
  4. 4. Name of the system that was created to choose the POTUS.
  5. 6. In 1808, these could not be imported into the United States.
  6. 8. Idea that the states and national government will share power.
  7. 10. Called for a committee of Executives to work together and a unicameral Congress with each state getting 1 vote.
  8. 11. To Amend the Articles of Confederation a vote had to be ______________.
  9. 13. Any change to the Constitution.
  10. 14. Name of the compromise concerning how to count the population in the South.
  11. 15. City where Constitutional Convention met.
  12. 16. Two chambered.
  13. 17. Number of states that had to ratify the US Constitution to make it legal and binding.
  14. 18. Leader of the Constitutional Convention.
  15. 22. Someone who supported the US Constitution.
  16. 24. Clause that forces the national government to protect us to the best of their ability.
  17. 27. Number of Articles in the Constitution.