Unit 2 test review
why were the articles of confederation considered a failure?
in the articles of confederation, how many votes did each state get?
what was the significance of the northwest ordinance of 1787?
explain the significance of shay’s rebellion.
initially, how did the delegates at the philadelphia convention (also known as the constitutional convention) plan to fix the problem with the articles of confederation? what did they do instead?
how did the founding fathers (the delegates from the states) divide the power in the government? what are the names of the branches?
how did the delegates at the constitutional convention settle the problem of choosing state representatives? what is the name of the compromise?
what was the three-fifths compromise?
how did the founding fathers ensure that one branch of government would not become more powerful than the others?
why were anti-federalists against the new constitution that was written?
why did the anti-federalists finally agree to approve the constitution?
why are the federalist papers still important today?
what did the judiciary act of 1789 do?
what was alexander hamilton’s economic plan for getting the united states out of debt after the american revolution?
what is the significance of the whiskey rebellion?
describe thomas jefferson’s political ideology. political moderate
describe alexander hamilton’s political ideology.
what was the xyz affair?
why were the democratic republicans so angry about the passage of the alien and sedition acts?
what idea or doctrine did jefferson and madison establish in the virginia and kentucky resolutions?
which supreme court justice established the constitution as the foundation for all law and consistently handed down decisions that strengthened the federal government?
how did the supreme court decision known as marbury v. madison strengthen the judiciary branch of the federal government?
what is the nickname for the part of the constitution that gives congress the power to do whatever is “necessary and proper” to carry out its other powers?
what is the function of each of the following constitutional amendments:
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