Constitution Crossword

1. Early Americans had something in common with this fictional character!
7. States must treat their own citizens and other states’ citizens this way
9. Fraction of states that must agree to change the Constitution
10. Under the Articles, America did not have one of these
13. One of two things people were afraid states might lose
15. The Constitution says laws passed by Congress are ___ to state laws.
17. The chamber of Congress where each state gets two votes
19. A group of individuals united together for a purpose
21. Under the Articles of Confederation, congress could not do this to its laws, so states could just ignore laws
22. Under the New Jersey plan, these states would have more power

2. The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation
3. These were the “individuals” in the “confederation” created by the Articles
4. The Articles of Confederation was America’s first plan for _____.
5. the branch that makes laws
6. States send these to Congress
8. the Articles of Confederation created a government that had only one of these
10. One of two things people were afraid states might lose
11. The Articles let Congress create this but not pay for it
12. The branch that interprets laws
14. Under the Virginia Plan, these states would have more power
16. The branch that carries out laws
18. In the House of Representatives, the number of votes a state gets depends on this
20. One problem was that Congress could not collect these