Wanted: A Just Right Government

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