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Shay’s Rebellion

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Shays' Rebellion help Americans realize they needed?

a)

A common currency for all states

b)

Make more gold and silver

c)

A strong national government

d)

A permanent force for protection

e)

Make paper money

2.

Where did Shay's rebellion take place?

a)

New York

b)

Massachusetts

c)

Delaware

d)

Maryland

e)

Georgia

3.

What did the country lack under the Articles that made rebellions like Shay's difficult to stop?

a)

No executive branch with the power to enforce laws

b)

No ability to tax and raise an army

c)

No strong court system to hold people accountable

d)

All of the above

4.

Which weakness in the Articles led to all the financial troubles in the United States?

a)

No executive branch

b)

No judicial branch

c)

No ability to tax or regulate trade

d)

States constantly disagreeing.

5.
In the Articles of Confederation, where was most of the government power placed?
a)
The States
b)
The National Government
c)
The Continental Congress
d)
The Legislative Branch
6.

What year did Shay's Rebellion start?

a)

1785

b)

1784

c)

1786

d)

1787

e)

1788

7.

What was the state-level response to Shay’s Rebellion?

a)

Judicial protection against taxation without representation.

b)

Taxes were declared unconstitutional.

c)

Executive regulation of farm trade.

d)

Debt relief was enacted.

8.

Shays’s Rebellion made leaders of the national government ______________

a)

decide to rejoin with Britain

b)

decide to pay all the farmers' taxes from the American Revolution

c)

take another look at the Articles of Confederation to fix it

9.

Shays' Rebellion started in Massachusetts because...

a)

Western MA farms were being foreclosed at a rapid pace

b)

the MA legislature lowered taxes to boost economic growth

c)

Daniel Shay's got into a fight with Samuel Adams

d)

the Eastern MA economy was more commercial

10.

In order to keep farms from being foreclosed, Shays & the Shaysites surrounded local...

a)

courthouses

b)

legislatures

c)

shops & businesses

d)

citizens

11.

According to the American Vision, who "feared" people like Shays & the Shaysites the most?

a)

government

b)

middle class

c)

poor farmers

d)

Gentry

12.

MMC: Jefferson argues that the remedy to Shays' Rebellion is to present them with...

a)

Facts

b)

Forgiveness

c)

Calming

d)

War

13.

MA Law because of Shays: "citizens could be arrested for no reason, with no evidence necessary, even if they are not formally charged with any crime."

a)

Militia Act

b)

Suspension of Writ of Habeas Corpus

c)

Riot Act

14.

MA Law because of Shays: "execution of officers or soldiers who take up arms against the state."

a)

Militia Act

b)

Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus

c)

Riot Act

15.

MA Law because of Shays: "extreme & cruel punishments for protesters in numbers of 12 or more."

a)

Militia Act

b)

Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus

c)

Riot Act

16.

Claim: Much of the information regarding Shays' Rebellion was exaggerated by media & friends-alike in order to create division.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Who did Shayes and his followers consider the enemy?

a)

the British

b)

The Courts

c)

The Townspeople

d)

Wild herds of circus Bears roaming the countryside

18.

Why did Shayes and the farmers rebel? (Click all)

a)

they were being thrown into prison for failure to pay their debts

b)

they were being taxed beyond their ability to pay

c)

They were being executed for their debts

d)

sent to england for trial

19.

Why did the Government of the Articles of Conferation not help the Government of Mass. put down Shaye's rebellion.

a)

The Articles Congress had no money

b)

The Articles Congress had no Army

c)

they were already busy trying to conquer Canada

d)

None of these is correct

20.

Shayes rebellion inspired the Congress to (click all that apply)

a)

get rid of the Articles of Confederation

b)

Develop a new, better Constitution

c)

Fix the Articles

d)

Pass a law for a national Army

e)

Change the Articles from an agreement of friendship to an "Alliance of Iron". with George Washington as King.

21.

What happened to Shaye's Followers?

a)

12000 men hung or executed by firing Squad

b)

some were hung, most were pardoned at the last minute

c)

all were pardoned according to the Articles of confederation

d)

they overthrew the Government and changed our government from the Articles to the current constitution.

22.

Why was the Massachusetts farmers, frustrated and angry?

a)

He wanted to be recognized for service to his country.

b)

Poor farmers were being taxed heavily by the central government

c)

The government stole his livestock to feed troops

d)

Poor farmers were being taxed heavily by the state government

23.

When Massachusetts raised taxes, it affect which of the following group the most?

a)

Native Americans

b)

The British

c)

Merchants, artisans, and creditors

d)

Poor farmers

24.

What weakness of the Articles of Confederation contributed to Shays' Rebellion? Select all that apply:

a)

The U.S. couldn't tax citizens.

b)

There was no national currency.

c)

There was no national court system.

d)

There was no national army.

25.

Why were many farmers poor and in debt in Massachusetts?

a)

They lost money trying to convert their currency between states.

b)

They were not paid for their service as soldiers in the Revolutionary War.

c)

They had to pay too much money in national taxes.

d)

They had large medical bills to pay after the Revolutionary War.

e)

The taxes are too much

26.

How many farmers joined this rebellion?

a)

over 1,000

b)

over 10,000

c)

about 20

d)

no one really knows

e)

About 100-400

27.

Despite Shays' Rebellion, none of the members of the Confederation Congress were really concerned about another rebellion.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Who led the rebellion?

a)

Shay Peterson

b)

Daniel Shay

c)

Shay Mitchell

d)

Roger Sherman

29.
Shay's Rebellion started as a protest against
a)
unfair taxes and farmer debt
b)
the death penalty
c)
no judicial system
d)
debtors' prisons
30.

Who was Daniel Shay?

a)

A farmer and leader of the rebellion

b)

A debt collector

c)

executive of the colonial couts

d)

founder of the Sons of Liberty

e)

The speaker of the rebellion