Unit 3: Forming a New Nation Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches
  2. 3. the “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe. Enlightenment thinkers emphasized using rational thought to discover truths about nature and society.
  3. 6. a basic set of ideas used to develop a larger plan
  4. 8. a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed
  5. 9. to treat a person or group unfairly
  6. 11. a country governed by elected representatives
  7. 13. the plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation from each state is based on state population. In the Senate, each state is represented by two senators.
  8. 16. a region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes. The region was given to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
  9. 17. supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress
  10. 18. a difference between two statements or situations that means they cannot both be true
  11. 19. to issues within a country
  12. 20. the group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.
  13. 21. a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government
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  1. 1. a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution
  2. 4. relating to issues within a country
  3. 5. the first written plan of government for the United States. A confederation is an association of states that cooperate for a common purpose.
  4. 7. to formally approve a plan or an agreement. The process of approval is called ratification.
  5. 10. an agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state’s population for representation in the House of Representatives
  6. 12. a group of people or things with obvious differences among them
  7. 14. to agree or pledge to support someone or something
  8. 15. a strong disagreement