Across
- 2. – (p.186) The freeing of individual enslaved people.
- 5. – (p.184) A period of low economic activity and widespread unemployment.
- 7. – (from Northwest Territory or Northwest Ordinance, p.180-181)
- 9. – (p.187) The gathering that created the U.S. Constitution.
- 11. – (p.195) Enlightenment thinker who influenced separation of powers.
- 12. – (p.184-185) Refers to Daniel Shays, leader of a rebellion.
- 13. – (p.178) A group of states united under a weak central government.
- 14. – (p.195) The division of power between the federal and state governments.
Down
- 1. (p.188) A proposal for representation based on population.
- 3. – (p.177) A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses.
- 4. – (p.187-188) George Washington, presiding officer at the Constitutional Convention.
- 6. – (p.177) A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives.
- 8. – (p.187-191) A representative sent to the Constitutional Convention.
- 10. – (p.197) The branch of government that interprets laws.