Test - Chapter lV - Forming a Government - Grade 8

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Across
  1. 2. official changes to the Constitution
  2. 6. trade between two or more states
  3. 11. pleading in favor of
  4. 13. an uprising of formers to protest high taxes and heavy debt
  5. 15. the right to vote
  6. 16. people who opposed the Constitution
  7. 17. a period of low economic activity combined with a rise in unemployment
  8. 18. gave supreme power (sovereignty) to a central government
  9. 20. declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay for a church with its tax money
  10. 24. agreement that stated that each slave would be counted as three fifths of a person when determining representation
  11. 25. meeting held in Philadelphia at which delegates from the states attempted to improve the existing government
  12. 27. includes the president and the departments that help run the government
  13. 28. supporters of the Constitution
  14. 29. system that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful
  15. 31. area including present-day Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and part of Minnisota
  16. 32. the sharing of power between a central government and the states that make up a country
  17. 33. the idea that political authority belongs to the people
  18. 34. made up of all the national courts
Down
  1. 1. he was a printer, creator of the first circulating library, the first president of the University of Pennsylvania, inventor, and one of the oldest of the founding fathers
  2. 3. the first 10 amendments to the constitution
  3. 4. official approval
  4. 5. the agreement combining parts of both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans to create a two-house legislature
  5. 7. declared the supremacy of Parliament over the King
  6. 8. set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of a government
  7. 9. series of essays in support of the Constitution
  8. 10. signed by King John in 1215, made the king subject to the law
  9. 12. delegate to the Constitutional Convention who opposed the Constitution believing it gave too much power to the central government
  10. 14. this branch is made up of the two houses of Congress and is charges with proposing and passing laws
  11. 19. delegate to the Constitutional Convention who proposed the New Jersey Plan
  12. 21. called for a unicameral, or one-house, legislature. The plan gave each state an equal number of votes, thus an equal voice in the federal government.
  13. 22. under this agreement, Congress would become the national government, but it would have limited powers in order to protect the liberties of the people
  14. 23. lead a revolt to shut down the court system so no one’s property could be taken
  15. 26. taxes on imports or exports
  16. 30. increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money