Shaping the Constitution

What was the purpose of the Articles of Confederation?

(pg 4)

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What can you infer happened after the Articles of Confederation

was put in place?

(pg 5)

• Solved all their problems

• Did not solve all the country's problems

• Everyone had a party

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What did the farmers do after they petitioned the state of Massachusetts?

(pgs 6-7)

(*choose all that apply)

• The farmers rebelled.

• Daniel Shays helped the farmers.

• Massachusetts gave the farmers what they wanted.

• Massachusetts did not give the farmers what they wanted.

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What text evidence tells us the goal of the Constitutional Convention?

(pg 10)

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In the Virginia Plan, how did Madison make sure that one branch of government wouldn't

become too powerful?

(pg 13)

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How was the New Jersey Plan different from the Virginia Plan?

(pg 14-15)

• Jersey Plan: representation based on the same number of representatives in each state

• Virginia Plan: representation based on population of each state

• Virginia Plan: representation based on the same number of representatives in each state

• Jersey Plan: representation based on population of each state

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What caused political parties to form?

(pg 20)

• Some wanted a powerful central government; others did not.

• Some wanted apple pie, others wanted pumpkin.

• Some wanted the constitution; others did not.

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What text evidence supports the idea that Federalists and Anti-Federalists fought a war of words?

(pg 21)

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Which TWO text evidences infer that people in many states were almost equally divided in support and against the Constitution?

(pg 25)

• "The final vote was 187 in favor and 168 against."

• "..Both states did approve it, but by only a few votes"

• "The state elected 355 members to for for or against the Constitution."

• "Finally, New Hampshire voted yes."

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How can people in the U.S. change their government?

(pg 26)

• By voting

• By complaining

• By doing whatever they want

• By making their own laws

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