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Chapter 5 Questions
Chapter 5 Questions
Section
1: Experimenting with Confederation
1.
Why
did Americans debate republicanism?
2.
Why
was representation an issue debated by the Continental Congress?
3.
Why
were the Articles of Confederation written?
4.
Why
is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 important?
5.
What
political problems did the Confederation encounter?
6.
What
economic problems did the Confederation encounter?
7.
How
did debt from the Revolutionary War affect the new nation?
Section
2: Drafting the Constitution
1.
Why
did Shay’s Rebellion take place?
2.
What
convinced 12 of the states to send representatives to a new convention in Philadelphia
in 1786?
3.
Why
is Roger Sherman important?
4.
How
did “big states” and “little states” differ on the issue on representation?
5.
Why
was the Three-Fifths Compromise “necessary?”
6.
Explain
the Three-Fifths Compromise.
7.
Describe
“federalism.”
8.
Explain
“separation of powers.”
9.
Why
was the electoral college established?
Section 3: Ratifying the Constitution
1.
How
are federalists different from Antifederalists?
2.
Why
was The Federalist written?
3.
Why
was Letters from the Federal Farmer
written?
4.
Why
did people demand a bill of rights?
5.
What
did the bill of rights “spell out?”
6.
To
whom did the rights in the Constitution and Bill of Rights apply?
