The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution

The political power of white Americans expanded following the Revolution in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

• Enlarged state legislatures meant more governmental accountability

• Most white men owned enough property to meet voting requirements

• State governors were directly elected

• White women were granted the right to vote

While all state governments were republican in the late-1780s, they varied in the degree of political power granted average white American men.

• True

• False

All of the following were fears members of the Continental Congress had when they designed the national government under the Articles of Confederation EXCEPT:

• Fear of monarchical power (executive authority)

• Fear of standing armies

• Fear of judicial independence

• Fear of aristocratic legislatures

Which powers DID Congress have under the Articles?

*Multiple correct answers*

• To levy taxes

• To declare war

• To administer federal relations with Indigenous Nations

• To regulate interstate commerce

Pursuant to the Land Ordinance of 1787, chattel slavery was legally permitted in the Northwest Territory

• True

• False

Which of the following about Shays' Rebellion is FALSE?

• Many creditors in the U.S. would only accept payments in hard currency (gold or silver)

• The rebellion was put down by the U.S. Army

• The paper money issued to veterans of the American Revolution was essentially worthless due to inflation

• Shays and his Regulators refused to pay state taxes, armed themselves, and marched on county courthouses

What was the historical significance of Shays' Rebellion?

• The perceived success of the rebellion frightened the nation's wealthiest citizens, who called for a stronger national government

• State governments actually responded to the rebels' demands

• The debt-relief measures angered creditors as an example of excessive democracy

• Daniel Shays did finally receive his veterans' pension

"Even this evil is productive of good. It prevents the degeneracy of government, and nourishes a general attention to the public affairs. I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing ..."

Who is the author of these words?

• George Washington

• James Madison

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

By the time of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, many Americans believed the Articles of Confederation needed the following revisions ...

*Multiple correct answers*

• Congress needed the power to raise a standing army

• Congress needed the power to levy taxes

• Congress needed the power to regulate interstate commerce

• Congress needed the power to enforce the Bill of Rights

The delegates at the Constitutional Convention were NOT typical Americans in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

• They were mostly wealthy and educated

• Nearly half were slaveholders

• Some had been signatories of the Declaration of Independence

• Many owned farms