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Unit 2B Objectives:

Complete all vocab and answer objective questions on your own paper. Staple this sheet to the top and turn in on the day of unit test.

SSUSH5: Investigate specific events and key ideas that brought about the adoption and implementation of the United States Constitution.

Examine the strengths of the Articles of Confederation, including but not limited to the Land Ordinance of 1785, Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and their influence on westward migration, slavery, public education, and the addition of new states.

  1. List 3 powers the Articles of Confederation gave to the states.
  2. What was the Land Ordinance of 1785? How did it help pay for some of the debt from the Revolutionary War?
  3. Explain the Northwest Ordinance method of allowing territories to become states. What was outlawed in the new territory?

Evaluate how weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation and Daniel Shays’ Rebellion led to a call for a stronger central government.

  1. What were the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation? Why did the states have more power under the Articles?
  2. Why did Daniel Shays lead a rebellion? Against whom did he lead the Rebellion? How did Shays’ Rebellion show that a strong central government was needed?
  3. What was the Constitutional Convention? Why was it held? Where was it held?

Explain the key features of the Constitution, including the Great Compromise, limited government, and the Three-Fifths Compromise.

  1. How many branches of government exist under the Constitution? What are they? What person/ group is associated with each branch?
  2. What keeps one branch of government from becoming stronger that another? Which philosopher came up with this idea?
  3. What was the Virginia Plan? What group of states favored it? Why?
  4. What was the New Jersey Plan? What group of states favored it? Why?
  5. What was the Great Compromise? How is representation in the House of Representatives determined? How is representation in the Senate determined?
  6. What was the 3/5 Compromise? Why did the Southern states want this?

Evaluate the major arguments of the Anti-Federalists and Federalists during the debate on ratification of the Constitution, The Federalist Papers, and the roles of Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.

  1. What kind of people were Anti-federalists? They believed who should have the power in government? What were their arguments against ratification (approval) of the Constitution?
  2. What kind of people were Federalists? Who did they believe should have the power in government? What were their arguments for ratifying the Constitution without the Bill of Rights?

Explain how objections to the ratification of the Constitution were addressed in the Bill of Rights.

  1. What was added to the Constitution to gain Anti-federalist support? Why?
  2. Give at least 3 examples of how the Bill of Rights protects citizens, connect them to natural rights.