The Start of Our Government

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Across
  1. 5. the 6th article of the Constitution, one of whose names is the _____ Clause
  2. 6. the branch established by the 2nd Article of the Constitution
  3. 8. the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution to please this group of people (including the dash as a letter)
  4. 10. the number of amendments to the Constitution (including the dash as a letter)
  5. 12. this branch is established in the 3rd Article of the Constitution
  6. 14. the first (unsuccessful) government of the U.S. was unsuccessful due to the fact that it put the states in a firm league of _______
  7. 16. a group of people who believe that power should be divided between the federal and state governments
  8. 17. the last name of the "father of the Constitution."
Down
  1. 1. the part of the Constitution that stated the U.S.'s 6 goals
  2. 2. the Articles of _____ was the U.S.'s fail of a first attempt at government
  3. 3. the second step of the amendment process, in which an amendment is passed by 38 out of 50 states
  4. 4. Congress is established as having two houses, or ______ in the Constitution
  5. 7. the branch established by the Constitution's first article
  6. 9. the U.S.'s first government system was unsucessful due numerous ______ including state border disputes and the federal government holding little to no power
  7. 11. the first step of the amendment process, in which an amendment is introduced to Congress by 2/3 of both legislative houses
  8. 13. the U.S. Constitution established a balance of power known as _____ and balances
  9. 15. the number of articles in the Constitution