Ch. 3 Vocabulary Crossword

a written plan for government
a legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
a group of individuals or state governments
the first constitution of the United States
to vote approval of
a law, usually of a city or county
a region
a law that set up a plan for surveying western lands
1787 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory and plan for admitting new states to the Union
an effect
an uprising of Massachusetts farmers who did not want to lose their farms because of debt caused by heavy state taxes after the American Revolution
a series of steps take to achieve something
regardless of; in spite of
meeting of state delegates in 1787 leading to adoption of a new constitution
agreement providing a dual system of congressional representation
agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of other persons in determining representation in Congress
a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
a supporter of the Constitution
a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states
a series of essays written to defend the Constitution
a person who opposed ratification of the Constitution
the opening section of the Constitution
one of several main parts of the Constitution
any change in the Constitution
the lawmaking branch of government
the branch of government that carries out laws
the branch of government that interprets laws
to take on or accept a role or responsibility