Across
- 2. a law in 1787 that established a procedure for the admission of new states to the Union
- 10. supporters of the Constitution and of a strong national government
- 11. the branch of government that administers and enforces the laws
- 12. a document, adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of government of the new United States
- 13. a government in which the citizens rule through elected representatives
- 15. a group selected by the states to elect the president and the vice-president, in which each state's number of electors is equal to the number of its senators and representatives in Congress
- 17. an opponent of a strong central government
- 18. the branch of government that interprets the laws and the Constitution
- 19. a key figure in the Great Compromise, which established the structure of the United States Congress, the plan ultimately resolved a deadlock between large and small states over how legislative voting should work
- 20. a political system in which a national government and constituent units, such as state governments, share power
- 21. the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, added in 1791 and consisting of a formal list of citizens' rights and freedoms
- 22. the Constitutional Convention's agreement to establish a two-house national legislature, with all states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house
Down
- 1. the branch of government that makes laws
- 3. an alliance permitting states or nations to act together on matters of mutual concern
- 4. a series of essays defending and explaining the Constitution, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
- 5. the provisions in the U.S. Constitution that prevent any branch of the U.S. government from dominating the other two branches
- 6. believed the Articles of Confederation had several weaknesses, including a weak central government, an inability to conduct foreign policy, and a lack of structure to serve the new democracy
- 7. the belief that government should be based on the consent of the people
- 8. an uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers protesting increased state taxes in 1787
- 9. the official approval of the Constitution, or of an amendment, by the states
- 14. the Constitutional Convention's agreement to count three-fifths of a state's slaves as population for purposes of representation and taxation
- 16. a law in 1785 that established a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains