Creating the Constitution Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• executive : the person who runs the government and sees that the laws are carried out
• constitution : a document stating the rules under which a government will operate
• james wilson : a delegate from pennsylvania who warned against shutting the people out of the process of choosing new members for the two houses
• alexander hamilton : one out of two who published the federalist papers
• roger sherman : a delegate from connecticut who said the people, "should have as little to do" with the selection process as possible
• economic depression : a period when business activity slows, prices and wages drop, and unemployment rises
• ratify : to approve
• daniel shays : led an uprising of 1000 massachusetts farmers
• john jay : the other person who published the federalist papers with one other person
• morris : a gifted writer who was responsible for writing the preamble of the constitution
• judicial branch : consists of a system of courts to interpret the law
• jamesm adison : influential delegate of virginia who took careful notes on the constitutional convention
• compromise : an agreement in which each side gives up part of what it wants