Creating the Constitution Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Someone who opposed ratifying the Constitution
  2. 4. These were the “individuals” in the “confederation” created by the Articles
  3. 12. Under the Articles of Confederation, congress could not do this to its laws, so states could just ignore laws
  4. 13. The branch that makes laws
  5. 15. Delegates from the states met at the constitutional _________________ to fix the Articles.
  6. 16. One of two things people were afraid states might lose
  7. 19. The Constitution says laws passed by Congress are__________________ to state laws.
  8. 21. The Articles of Confederation created a government that had only one _______________ of government.
  9. 23. One of two things people were afraid states might lose
  10. 24. This means to vote for approval
  11. 25. An event in Massachusetts that showed the weakness of the Articles.
  12. 26. The branch that interprets laws
Down
  1. 2. Under the Virginia Plan, these states would have more power
  2. 3. Under the Articles, Congress could not do this
  3. 4. Under the New Jersey plan, these states would have more power
  4. 5. The Anti-federalists were upset there was no _____________ in the new Constitution.
  5. 6. One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
  6. 7. In the House of Representatives, the number of votes a state gets depends on its
  7. 8. Sometimes you can say the federal government, central government or ____________ government and they all mean the same thing.
  8. 9. States send these to Congress
  9. 10. The chamber of Congress where each state gets two votes
  10. 11. A supporter of ratifying the Constitution as it was
  11. 14. The Articles of Confederation was the first plan for a U.S.__________________.
  12. 17. compromise The agreement that was reached that combined ideas from the Virginia and New Jersey plans
  13. 18. The only state that did not attend the Constitutional Convention
  14. 20. Under the Articles, the U.S. did not have one of these (a ________________!)
  15. 22. The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation