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100
Which state's Statute for Religious Freedom was the basis of the First Amendment of the Constitution?
What is Virginia?
100
What document established the first government for the United States?
What is the Articles of Confederation?
100
What event finally convinced the U.S. it needed to either edit or totally change its government?
What is Shays' Rebellion?
100
The Virginia Plan suggested a government with _________ branches.
What is Three?
100
After the Revolutionary War, Britain would trade with the U.S. but what did they do to our products?
What is made them more expensive with tariffs?
200
What basic right did the Northwest Ordinance require states to provide?
What is free public education?
200
How did the Articles of Confederation make it hard for the U.S. to defend itself against foreign threats?
What is the central government couldn't keep an army nor force the states to provide one?
200
After Shays' Rebellion, most people in the U.S. favored a ____________ central government.
What is Strong?
200
According to the Virginia Plan, which level of government should be more powerful, the states or central government?
What is Central?
200
Early state constitutions developed governments with _______________ power.
What is Limited?
300
According to the Land Ordinance of 1785, what were areas first divided into?
What is 60,000?
300
The Articles of Confederation failed to live up to the ideals of the Declaration of Independence because it failed to guarantee what?
What is Individual Liberty?
300
Shays' Rebellion exposed one of the many weaknesses of what?
What is the Articles of Confederation?
300
During the Constitutional Convention, the governor from New York fought for the views of ____________.
What is Slaves?
300
The Great Compromise led to an upper and lower house in Congress, what is each one called?
What is the Senate and House of Representatives?
400
The abolition movement was the effort to get rid of what Southern practice?
What is Slavery?
400
When problems arose between states, under the Articles of Confederation, how did the Federal government handle the dispute?
What is, it couldn't because it was weak and couldn't control the strong state governments?
400
Shays' Rebellion was mainly caused by what?
What is state taxation of farmers' lands?
400
What concept did the framers of the Constitution use to ensure no one branch of government gained too much power over the others?
What is Checks and Balances?
400
How was giving the central government the exclusive right to issue money an advantage for the economy of the nation?
What is it created a single currency that would be used and accepted everywhere in the country?
500
Why did Congress pass the Land Ordinance of 1785?
What is to provide a system for surveying and dividing up land?
500
How did the Articles of Confederation hurt the U.S. economy?
What is the Federal government had no power to raise tariffs or enforce national rules, lead to debt?
500
What was the purpose of shutting down the courts throughout Massachusetts during Shays' Rebellion?
What is if the courts were shut down then they couldn't take any more farmer's lands away?
500
What group felt the Constitution gave too much power to the central government?
What is Anti-Federalists?
500
What was the eventual solution to the debate whether or not slaves should be counted in a state's census?
What is they would be counted as three-fifths of a person?
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