Articles of Confederation
Shays' Rebellion
The New Constitution I
The New Constitution II
Wild Card
100

This major weakness made it difficult for Congress to raise money or pay soldiers.

Power to Tax

100

Shays’ Rebellion was caused by high taxes and farm foreclosures in this state.

Massachusetts

100

This compromise settled how representation would be divided between large and small states.

the Great Compromise

100

This city is where the Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787.

Philadelphia

100

How many years has Ms. Yang been teaching?

3

200

The Articles created a government with only this one branch.

Legislative Branch

200

The rebellion convinced many leaders that the national government needed this.

A stronger central government

200

The Constitution created this system to divide power among national and state governments.

federalism

200

Before the Constitution could take effect, this number of states needed to ratify it.

9 states

200

Which core are Ms. Yang and Ms. Xie in this year?

Pink

300

Under the Articles, states had more of this kind of power than the national government.

States' rights (Sovereignty)

300

Massachusetts had to raise a private militia to stop the rebellion because this national institution did not exist.

national army

300

To prevent tyranny, the Constitution included this principle that divides power among three branches.

separation of powers

300

This delegate from Virginia is often called the “Father of the Constitution” because of his leadership and note-taking.

James Madison

300
Where is Ms. Yang from?

Chengdu

400

This land policy established a system for adding new states in the Northwest Territory.

Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

400

Many Americans feared that the rebellion showed the Articles could not protect this essential part of society.

law and order (or public safety)

400

Anti-Federalists refused to support the Constitution until it included this.

Bill of Rights

400

These two states failed to ratify the Constitution in their first convention sessions but later ratified it in a second session.

North Carolina and New Hampshire

400

What is Ms. Yang's favorite food flavor?

Spicy

500

This foreign nation refused to leave forts in the Northwest Territory because the U.S. government was too weak to enforce the Treaty of Paris.

Great Britain

500

This meeting in 1787 was originally called to revise the Articles but ended up creating a whole new government.

Constitutional convention

500

This group supported the new Constitution because it created a stronger central government.

Federalists

500

What was Robert Morris' Proposal?

National Bank, national Currency, and Tariffs.

500

Where was Ms. Yang's College?

PA

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