Across
- 3. Person who officially represents their state.
- 6. A change or addition to the document.
- 7. The plan that called for a one house legislative branch with each state being equally represented.
- 8. Supported the Constitution and favored a strong central, or national government.
- 9. The idea that each branch of government has specific ways to limit the power of the other branches.
- 11. Framer of the Constitution from Connecticut who believed common people could not be an integral part of the government decision making.
- 12. Framer of the Constitution from Pennsylvania who believed comm0n people were the cornerstone of the democratic process.
- 13. The meeting of delegates in which the Articles of Confederation were scrapped in favor of a new United States Constitution.
- 16. The branch of government that is a system of courts set up to interpret the laws.
- 18. A change or addition to a document.
- 19. A period when business activity slows, prices and wages drop, and unemployment rises.
- 20. The Massachusetts farmers' uprising that made it clear to many that the central government was too weak to protect states from popular unrest.
- 21. The branch of government that enforces the laws.
- 22. A document stating the rules under which a government will operate.
- 23. To approve something formally.
Down
- 1. The division of government between the central government and the constituent units, as in the national government and the states.
- 2. The United States first written plan for government.
- 4. The plan that called for the legislative branch of the central government to be made up of two houses with the representation for states based on their population.
- 5. Decided how slaves would be counted for states' populations.
- 10. President of the Constitutional Convention.
- 14. Set up the three-step process for admitting new states.
- 15. The branch of government that makes laws.
- 17. Against the Constitution and favored states having more power than the central government.