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- 3. Policies focused on issues within the country fall into this category.
- 7. This group feared a stronger central government that would come from changes to the Articles of Confederation.
- 9. Proportional representation would use this to determine a state's level representation.
- 11. This would eventually replace the Articles of Confederation.
- 12. This poor farmer is given much of the credit for bringing down the Articles of Confederation.
- 13. The _______ slave clause required the return of any that were caught escaping.
- 17. This plan proposed a legislature with proportional representation at the Constitutional Convention.
- 20. This process required nine of the thirteen states.
- 21. A single house legislature
- 23. Most of the powers the national government had under the Articles of Confederation was related to _________ policy.
- 25. This early political party argued in support of the federal Constitution.
- 26. This plan proposed a legislature with equal representation at the Constitutional Convention.
- 27. Number of states required to ratify the Constitution
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- 1. Delegates at the Constitutional Convention needed this to bridge the gap between competing proposals.
- 2. A loose alliance of states.
- 4. This infamous fraction was used to help determine state representation under the Constitution.
- 5. Small states would have supported this type of representation at the Constitutional Convention.
- 6. He is credited with organizing the Constitutional Convention and drafting the Virginia Plan.
- 8. The President is the head of this branch of government.
- 10. This city hosted the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention.
- 14. The Constitution prevented a ban on the slave _______ until 1808 at the earliest.
- 15. This branch of government is responsible for making laws.
- 16. This branch of government would include the nation's court system.
- 18. After the Articles of Confederation is replaced, the national government went from one of these to three.
- 19. A two house legislature
- 22. Without an executive branch, the Articles of Confederation did not give the national government a way to ________ laws.
- 24. The government under the Articles of Confederation lacked the authority to collect these from the states.
