US Constitution

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  1. 5. wanted a strong central government
  2. 7. the process of officially approving the constitution
  3. 10. speech, religion, press, assembly
  4. 11. Article 1
  5. 14. to change the constitution
  6. 15. the first three words of the constitution
  7. 16. total number of amendments in the constitution
  8. 18. Article 3
  9. 19. president can deny a bill passed by congress and send it back to them
  10. 21. compromise between northern and southern states over slavery and representation in the new government
  11. 22. no cruel or unusual punishment
  12. 23. the opening introduction to the constitution
  13. 24. first 10 amendments in the constitution
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  1. 1. showed the power of the mew federal government under the constitution
  2. 2. "father of the constitution"
  3. 3. Washington's secretary of state
  4. 4. presiding officer of the Constitutional Convention in 1787
  5. 6. proved the Articles of Confederation were too weak
  6. 8. wanted a bill of rights in the constitution
  7. 9. president's chief advisors
  8. 12. Washington's secretary of the treasury
  9. 13. major weakness of the Articles of Confederation
  10. 16. right to bear arms
  11. 17. first vice president
  12. 20. Article 2