Governing a New Nation

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Across
  1. 2. The first state to include a bill of rights in its constitution.
  2. 3. ________ of the 13 states wrote new constitutions to support their governments.
  3. 4. Economic _______ is a period when businesses activity slows, prices and wages drop, and unemployment rises.
  4. 5. the last state to approve of the Articles of Confederation
  5. 8. A document stating the rules under which a government will operate.
  6. 10. Person who runs the government and sees that the laws are carried out.
  7. 12. The depression hit ______ in Massachusetts especially hard.
  8. 13. The Northwest Territory was made up of five states originally; ____,Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
  9. 14. Under the Articles, Congress could not regulate trade or collect_______
Down
  1. 1. The new constitutions gave most of the power to _____
  2. 6. ________ people could vote after writing the new constitutions that could in colonial times.
  3. 7. The new Constitution minimized the power of state _______.
  4. 9. state constitution included bill of rights that guaranteed religious freedom.
  5. 11. Instead of having three branches of government, like most states, the government under the Articles had just one branch called _______