Crash Course US History 8: The Constitution, the Articles and Federalism
1. What was the original government created by the Continental Congress?
2. How long did the Articles of Confederation last as a government?
3. The only powers that were given to Congress ensured that the United States could go
to war with what country?
4. They could make money but they could not collect what?
5. Though it could be changed through a unanimous vote, how many amendments were
made to the Articles of Confederation?
6. What was OHIO called before it was OHIO?
7. What is the solid or main reason that the Articles were a failure?
8. What was the name of the event in which farmers rose up in Massachusetts and closed
the courts over farm foreclosures?
9. Who was a fan of Shay’s Rebellion?
10. Who was in favor of the president serving a life term?
11. The first conflict that arose at this new writing of the Constitution was between states
that big or small what?
12. Choosing neither the Virginia Plan nor the New Jersey plan instead something in the
middle was made called what?
13. The population debate led to what plan to count slaves, but as only a fraction of
people to be totally racist in that special way that our ‘founding fathers’ were good at
calling for freedom but not for slaves?
14. To avoid the dominance of any one part of the government, how many branches made
up the new federal government?
15. The Electoral College can put a president in office that the people did not directly put
in there, which person is shown as the first example?
16. Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison contributed to the collection of
essays called what?
17. Who was the author of the MYSTERY DOCUMENT?
18. How did Alexander Hamilton die?
19. The Anti-Federalists were against having a strong government dominated by what
group?