Across
- 3. Power given to Congress to control trade
- 5. Power given to Congress to collect taxes
- 9. establish local governments, establish public schools, administer elections, establish licensing requirements
- 13. "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation.
- 17. Branch of government responsible for enforcing laws
- 18. Legislative Branch of the Constitution
- 20. congress could tax imports but not exports
- 21. the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice-president
- 23. the lower house of Congress, consisting of a different number of representatives from each state, depending on population
- 24. Declare war, regulate banks, negotiate treaties
Down
- 1. Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house
- 2. each slave would count for 3/5 of a person for taxation and representation purposes
- 4. the upper house of Congress, consisting of two representatives from each state
- 5. Branch of government responsible for making laws
- 6. Executive Branch of the Constitution
- 7. Principle that divides power between the state and national government
- 8. Two house legislature
- 10. Branch of government responsible for interpreting laws and settling disputes
- 11. A constitutional proposal that would have given each state one vote in a new congress
- 12. Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches
- 14. Requires majority vote of 50% plus one
- 15. Judicial Branch of the Constitution
- 16. Congress could not regulate or outlaw slavery or slave trade until 1808
- 19. Power given to Congress to raise military forces
- 22. Division of powers between state and national government