Quarter 4 Vocabulary Words

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Across
  1. 1. Document that outlined the first form of government for the new United States; Created a weak central government
  2. 3. Official Approval or acceptance of a document; 9 out of 13 states were needed to ratify the Constitution
  3. 6. Compromise made to determine how slaves would be counted in the population for representation; every 5 slaves would equal 3 people in the population count
  4. 8. The government is limited to the powers given by the Constitution
  5. 10. The first 10 amendments of the Constitution
  6. 11. Solved the issue of representation between large and small states by creating a bicameral Congress
  7. 14. Government is divided into three branches that all have oversight over each other
  8. 17. Sharing power between the national and state governments
  9. 18. proposal favored by large states; representation would be based on population
  10. 20. 2 chambers/houses
  11. 21. Interprets the laws; Judges and Court System
  12. 22. proposal that was favored by small states; all states would have equal representation
  13. 23. “Father of the Constitution”
Down
  1. 2. Freedom of Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, and Speech (RAPPS)
  2. 4. People have the final say in the government
  3. 5. For the Constitution; wanted a strong Central government
  4. 7. A meeting in 1787 to consider changes to the Articles of Confederation; resulted in the writing of the Constitution instead
  5. 9. This is the branch of government that makes the laws; Congress
  6. 12. Enforces laws; President
  7. 13. Against the constitution; feared a strong central government could be dangerous; Wanted a bill of Rights added to the Constitution
  8. 15. People elect representatives to serve in government
  9. 16. Introduction to the Constitution; Establishes the role of the government
  10. 19. Personal freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights