Chapter 5 VTP

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Across
  1. 1. a document, adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of govt. of the new United States
  2. 4. a political system in which a national govt. and constituent units, such as state govt.’s, share power
  3. 7. helped write The Federalist Papers
  4. 9. the branch of govt. that interprets the laws and the constitution
  5. 10. the branch of govt. that makes the laws
  6. 12. a 1787 law that established a procedure for the admission of new states to the union
  7. 14. an opponent of the Constitution and a strong central government
  8. 16. helped write The Federalist.
  9. 17. a political leader from Connecticut who suggested the Great Compromise
  10. 19. He is known as the “father of the Constitution”
  11. 20. a veteran of the Revolutionary War who led an army of farmers to close the courts
  12. 23. a 1785 law that established a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
  13. 24. the Constitutional Convention’s agreement to establish a two-house national legislature, compromising between the New Jersey and Virginia Plans
Down
  1. 2. an alliance permitting states or nations to act together on matters of mutual concern
  2. 3. a govt. in which the citizens rule through elected representatives
  3. 5. supporters of the Constitution and of a strong national government
  4. 6. the provisions in the U.S. Constitution that prevent any branch of govt. from dominating the other two branches
  5. 8. an uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers, protesting increased state taxes in 1787
  6. 11. the branch of govt. that administers and enforces the laws
  7. 13. the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, added in 1791 and consisting of a formal list of citizens’ rights and freedoms
  8. 15. a series of essays defending and explaining the Constitution, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay
  9. 18. a group selected by the states to elect the president and V.P. in which each states # of electors is equal to the # of its senators and representatives in Congress
  10. 21. the official approval of the Constitution, or of an amendment, by the states
  11. 22. Antifederalist who led the opposition in Virginia