Vocabulary Chapter 5 Student Choice Crossword

A government in which the citizens rule through elected representatives.
The belief that government should be based on the consent of people.
A document that outlined the form of government in the new United States.
An alliance permitting states or nations to act together on matters of mutual concern.
A law that established a plan for surveying and selling the federally owned lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.
A law that established a procedure for the asmission of new states to the Union.
An uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers protesting increased state taxes in 1787.
Constitutional Conventions agreement to establish a two-house national legislature, with all states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house.
The Constitutional Conventions agreement to count three fifths of a states slaves as population for purposes of representation and taxation.
A political system in which a national government and constitutet units, such as state governments, share power.
The branch of government that makes laws
The branch of government that administers and enforces the laws
The branch of government that interprets the laws and the Constitution.
The provisions in the US Constitution that prevent any branch of the US government from demanding the other two branches.
A group selected by the states to elect the president and the Vice President, in which each states numer of electors is equal to the number of its senators and representatives in Congress
Supporters of the Constitution and of a strong national government.
An opponent of a strong central government.
The official approval of the Constitution, or of an amendment, by the states.
A series of essays defending and explaining the Constitution, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
The first ten amendments of the US Constitution, added in 1791 and consisting of a formal list of citizens rights and freedoms