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The Federalist Papers were written to __________.

• support the ratification of the Constitution

• garner support for the Revolutionary war effort

• highlight the dangers of the Revolutionary war effort

• support the Articles of Confederation

The Articles of Confederacy was supported by which group?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Democrats

• Republicans

What similarity the Constitution of 1787 and Article of Confederacy have in common?

• The Congress can issue a common currency

• The Congress can regulate trade between states

• The Congress does check and balances on interstate affairs

• The Congress can declare war

The Article of Confederacy is described as type of government that is 'a loose association of states' what does it means?

• It is a form of system that is united by a lack of central government

• It is form of a system that consists on multinational governments

• It is a form of system that encourages anarchy

• It is a form of government that funds local town communities

Shays’ Rebellion was an armed uprising in Massachusetts, which many historians have claimed dramatically altered the direction of American political history. Shays’ Rebellion took place in the dying months of the Articles of Confederation and ended right as the Constitutional Convention was beginning. It was already clear to many of America’s leading political figures that the Articles of Confederation were too limited and too ineffective to be the primary governing document of a strong modern nation. Shays’ Rebellion only served to further highlight the need to place more power in the hands of the Federal government.

The national government was incapable of raising funds or militia forces to meet the threat of the uprising and was reliant on the good will of the various states. This situation troubled many of the Founding Fathers, George Washington in particular, who demanded that this situation be remedied in the United States Constitution to prevent such an uprising from happening again. Only Thomas Jefferson felt unthreatened by the events of Shays’ Rebellion—which might have been because he was in France on diplomatic work at the time. Jefferson argued that a little rebellion from time to time is healthy for a republic, famously commenting that the tree of liberty occasionally needs to be watered with the blood of tyrants.

How did Shays’ Rebellion alter the direction of the United States government?

• It led to the centralizing of power.

• It led the government to revoke the right of free assembly.

• It caused the American government to abolish the Articles of Confederation.

• It caused the American government to establish a strong armed forces.

Answer explanation

You might have been tempted to answer that it caused the American government to abolish the Articles of Confederation, but the author tells you that the government was likely going to do this anyway. What you are clearly told is that "Shays’ Rebellion only served to further highlight the need to place more power in the hands of the Federal government." Thus it led to the centralization of power.🫠

During the 19th century, it was believed that the United States should continue its westward expansion and that it was destined to stretch from coast to coast. This prevailing attitude, known as Manifest Destiny, helped fuel both the forcible removal of Native American from their homeland and the war with Mexico. Here are Adams’s words: “The whole continent of North America appears to be destined by Divine Providence to be peopled by one nation, speaking one language, professing one general system of religious and political principles, and accustomed to one general tenor of social usages and customs.” What is the meaning of Manifest Destiny?

• the belief that the expansion of the U.S. throughout the

  American continents was both justified and inevitable

• the belief that the American colonists should stay on the East

  Coast to avoid confrontation with the natives

• the belief that the expansion of the U.S. throughout the

  American continents was a crime against humanity

• the belief that God was destined to punish the colonists for their

  immoral behavior

Answer explanation

The passage says that Manifest Destiny was the belief that the

United States should continue its westward expansion, as it was

“destined” to do so; therefore it is correct 🧐

During the 19th century, it was believed that the United States should continue its westward expansion and that it was destined to stretch from coast to coast. This prevailing attitude, known as Manifest Destiny, helped fuel both the forcible removal of Native American from their homeland and the war with Mexico. Here are Adams’s words: “The whole continent of North America appears to be destined by Divine Providence to be peopled by one nation, speaking one language, professing one general system of religious and political principles, and accustomed to one general tenor of social usages and customs.” Based on the information in the passage, the attitude of Manifest

Destiny helped to encourage which two atrocities?

• the Boston Massacre and the Declaration of Independence from

  Great Britain

• the beginning of slavery and the war against France

• the forcible removal of Native Americans and the war with

  Mexico

• the forcible removal of Native Americans and the beginning of

  slavery

Answer explanation

Based on the information in the passage, the attitude of Manifest

Destiny helped encourage two atrocities, including the forcible

removal of Native Americans and the war with Mexico is correct.🙄

What means of transportation accelerated colonists move from the east to west during the expansion?

• Roads

• Boats

• Trains

• Helicopters

The Anti-Federalists and Federalists disagreed on the issue of governance central vs loose, what else they disagreed on?

• Trade

• Money

• Power

• Slavery

What replaced the Article of Confederacy?

• The Martial law of 1789

• British Parliamentary System

• The Constitution of 1787

• The Common Sense by Thomas Paine