Wanted: A Just Right Government

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  1. 5. Early Americans had something in common with this fictional character!
  2. 8. These were the "individuals" in the "confederation" created by the Articles
  3. 9. Under the Articles, America did not have one of these
  4. 11. One of two things people were afraid states might lose
  5. 13. The Articles of Confederation created a government that had only one of these
  6. 14. the Constitution says laws passed by Congress are ___ to state laws
  7. 15. The Articles let Congress create this but not pay for it
  8. 16. states send these to Congress
  9. 17. fraction of states that must agree to change the Constitutiton
  10. 18. the chamber of Congress where each state gets two votes
  11. 19. one problem was that states charged these on goods from other states
  12. 21. The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation
  13. 22. Under the Virginia Plan, these states would have more power
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  1. 1. the branch that interprets the laws
  2. 2. the branch that carries out laws
  3. 3. The branch that makes laws
  4. 4. in the House of Representatives, the number of votes a state gets depends on this
  5. 6. one of two things people were afraid states might lose
  6. 7. The Articles of Confederation was America's first plan for _____
  7. 10. Under the New Jersey plan, these states would have more power
  8. 12. a group of individuals united together for a purpose
  9. 20. Under the Articles of Confederation, congress could not do this to its laws, so states could just ignore laws