Across
- 1. another governing body's right to reject a law suggested by one of the other branches.
- 4. to recall, withdraw of nullify.
- 6. those who supported the ratification of a new constitution.
- 8. an uprising in Massachusetts of farmers which exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
- 10. called for equal representation among the states through a unicameral (1 house) government.
- 11. formal approval of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty.
- 12. those who opposed the ratification of a new constitution.
- 13. law that gives Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce.
- 15. the agreement that there should be a Senate, which represented all states equally, and a House of Representatives, that represented the states base on population size.
Down
- 2. the agreement that enslaved people would be counted as three-fifths of a person when calculating a state's population.
- 3. a group of delegates who drafted the Constitution.
- 5. America's first governing document, found as a "firm league of friendship," among the states but had a weak central government.
- 7. a series of meetings that led to the ratification of the United States Constitution.
- 9. refuse to buy or sell certain products or services.
- 14. called for a three-branch government with a bicameral (2 houses) Congress.