Module 6 Lesson 1 Vocabulary Crossword

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  1. 3. Branch, The division of the federal government that includes the president and the administrative departments; enforces the national laws
  2. 4. Papers, Series of essays that defended and explained the Constitution and tried to reassure Americans that the states would not be overpowered by the proposed national government
  3. 8. Jersey Plan, A proposal to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation of states rather than representation by population
  4. 12. Convention, A meeting in Philadelphia at which delegates from the States wrote the Constitution
  5. 13. Madison, American statesman he was the fourth president of the United States, the author of some of the Federalist Papers, and is called the father of the Constitution for his proposals at the Constitutional Convention
  6. 14. U.S. system of government in which power is distributed between a central government and individual states
  7. 15. Branch, The division of the government that proposes bills and passes them into laws
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  1. 1. Fifths Compromise, An agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention stating that only three-fifths of the slaves in a state would count when determining its population for representation in the lower house of Congress
  2. 2. of Rights, The first ten amendments to the Constitution
  3. 5. Official change, correction, or addition to a law or constitution.
  4. 6. Plan, The plan for government proposed at the Constitutional Convention in which the national government would have supreme power and a legislative branch would have 2 houses with representation determined by state population
  5. 7. Sovereignty, The idea that political authority belongs to the people
  6. 9. Compromise, Plan stating population would determine representation in the lower house of legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house
  7. 10. People who opposed ratification of the Constitution
  8. 11. Branch, The division of the federal government that is made up of the national courts; interprets laws, punishes criminals, and settles disputes between states.
  9. 12. and Balances, A system established by the Constitution that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful
  10. 14. People who supported ratification of the Constitution