Constitution Review 6th-7th

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Across
  1. 6. A process of approving a formal document
  2. 8. Kept in control by the checks and balances in the Constitution, so no single branch can have control over everything
  3. 9. Describes how the first US Constitution was at keeping the 13 states working together
  4. 10. Written to support the ratification of the new constitution
  5. 13. Did not support the idea of a strong central government, but rather let states have more power and decisions
  6. 14. A branch of government that makes laws, also called Congress
  7. 15. of Representatives, where each state receives votes based on population
  8. 16. An agreement to create a bicameral legislature, with one based on population and the other with equal representation
  9. 19. One writer of the Federalist Papers
  10. 20. An idea that supported a legislature based on population
Down
  1. 1. A Meeting in the summer of 1787 to discuss changes to the first US Constitution
  2. 2. The 3/5 Compromise determined how to count slaves as part of the ________________.
  3. 3. The framework of government
  4. 4. An idea that supported a legislature based equal representation for all states
  5. 5. A branch of government lead by the president
  6. 7. Supporters of a strong national government
  7. 11. The first constitution of the United States
  8. 12. Equal representation among states, with each getting two votes
  9. 17. The national government could not get this money under the first US Constitution
  10. 18. A branch of government dealing with the court system