Across
- 2. America's first constitution, which failed due to a weak national government.
- 3. A compromise that allowed for equal state representation in the Senate, and representation based on state population in the House
- 4. The first ten amendments of the Constitution
- 7. A set of written laws
- 10. College The body that elects the President of the United States
- 11. An official document that allows a person's property to be searched, or for a person to be arrested
- 12. Branch of government that makes laws
- 13. Branch of government that executes laws, and is lead by the President
- 16. The meeting of US delegates that drafted the United States Constitution
- 18. When branches of government have a check on another branch in order to keep the government balanced
- 19. A move from basing ideas off religion to basing ideas off of reason
- 20. A compromise that lead to slaves being counted as three-fifths of a person
Down
- 1. Papers written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison aimed at persuading people to ratify the Constitution
- 5. Branch of government that interprets laws
- 6. A form of government where power is split between a central and regional governments
- 8. Listed the steps for states to be admitted to the Union
- 9. Territory that the United States owned, which eventually became Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Illinois
- 14. Transaction and transportation of goods between states
- 15. To formally approve
- 17. Where different branches of government have different powers, so on branch does not become too powerful.