Unit 4: The Constitutional Convention Review

How are you feeling today?

• 5 - Great! It's been a good week so far!

• 4 - Good! I'm feeling grateful.

• 3 - So far, so good.

• 2 - Not so good, I'm ready for this week to end.

• 1 - Not good, can't we be on break already?

The Articles of Confederation developed America's:

• 1st national government

• dilapidating infrastructure

• two-house legislature

• public education system

Which of the following is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• The President was given too much power.

• It gave the national government the power to tax its citizens.

• 9 out of 13 states had to agree in order to pass a law.

• The national army had the authority to overthrow the government.

Which of the following is considered a strength of the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress did not have the power to tax its citizens.

• 9 out of 13 states had to agree in order to pass a law.

• The Supreme Court had the power to decide the constitutionality of laws passed by Congress.

• The Northwest Ordinance provided a method for admitting new states into the union.

What is Shays' Rebellion?

• A protest led by a group of farmers in Massachussetts who were angry about high state taxes.

• A battle between the French and Indians.

• A small-scale uprising led by Southern slaves.

• A legislative accomplish of the Congress.

How confident do you feel about tomorrow's exam?

The government under the Articles of Confederation was too weak to be able to:

• prevent sectional tension between the North and South.

• help stop Shays' Rebellion.

• abolish the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

• resolve the conflict created by the two-party system.

In 1787, a group of farmers in Massachussetts banded together to rebel against the state government. The government struggled to end the rebellion. Events such as this contributed to the decision to:

• Declare war against France.

• Restructure (fix) the federal government.

• Sign the Paris Agreement of 1783.

• Form a new alliance with England.

Why was the purpose of organizing the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

• To pass an equal rights amendment.

• To sign the Treaty of Paris of 1783.

• To revise and improve the government under the Articles of Confederation.

• To address the poor treatment of enslaved Africans and Native Americans.

Which of the following best completes the diagram above?

• The 3/5ths Compromise

• Republicanism

• The Great Compromise

• Mercantilism