Unit 3: Road to the Constitution

Edit Answers
1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
Across
  1. 7. Those fearing a stronger national government were especially concerned that the Constitution did not include one of these.
  2. 10. The Constitution prevented a ban on the slave _______ until 1808 at the earliest.
  3. 11. He is credited with organizing the Constitutional Convention and drafting the Virginia Plan.
  4. 12. This plan proposed a legislature with equal representation at the Constitutional Convention.
  5. 17. Policies focused on issues within the country fall into this category.
  6. 18. This would eventually replace the Articles of Confederation.
  7. 19. Without an executive branch, the Articles of Confederation did not give the national government a way to ________ laws.
  8. 20. This early political party argued in support of the federal Constitution.
  9. 21. A loose alliance of states.
  10. 22. The _______ slave clause required the return of any that were caught escaping.
  11. 24. Proportional representation would use this to determine a state's level representation.
  12. 26. This poor farmer is given much of the credit for bringing down the Articles of Confederation.
  13. 27. The Northwest Ordinance created a way for new __________ to be incorporated into the United States.
  14. 28. The Northwest Ordinance banned this practice in the new land it applied to.
  15. 29. After the Articles of Confederation is replaced, the national government went from one of these to three.
Down
  1. 1. This branch of government would include the nation's court system.
  2. 2. Small states would have supported this type of representation at the Constitutional Convention.
  3. 3. This group feared a stronger central government that would come from changes to the Articles of Confederation.
  4. 4. The government under the Articles of Confederation lacked the authority to collect these from the states.
  5. 5. The President is the head of this branch of government.
  6. 6. This process required nine of the thirteen states.
  7. 8. This infamous fraction was used to help determine state representation under the Constitution.
  8. 9. Most of the powers the national government had under the Articles of Confederation was related to _________ policy.
  9. 13. This branch of government is responsible for making laws.
  10. 14. Number of states required to ratify the Constitution
  11. 15. A single house legislature
  12. 16. This plan proposed a legislature with proportional representation at the Constitutional Convention.
  13. 21. Delegates at the Constitutional Convention needed this to bridge the gap between competing proposals.
  14. 23. A two house legislature
  15. 25. This city hosted the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention.