U.S History Crossword

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