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8th Grade SS: Chapter 8 Test Review
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What was the long-term effect of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
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Following the American Revolution, what did Congress fear about a strong central government?
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What are the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
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What land was affected by the Land Ordinance of 1785?
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Why is Shays’s Rebellion an important event in U.S. history?
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What was the original purpose of the convention in May 1787?
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Why is James Madison known as the “Father of the Constitution”?
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What was the greatest challenge for the delegates at the Constitutional Convention?
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The delegates to the Constitutional Convention agreed to establish a republic. How do you define a republic?
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10. What did both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans include?
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11. What did the Great Compromise decide?
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12. The number of members of which part of government is affected by state population?
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13. What was the greatest concern of the opponents to the Constitution?
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14. The delegates to the Constitutional Convention gave the job of choosing a chief executive to whom?
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15. Which of these describes a federal system of government?
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16. What was the position of the group known as the Federalists?
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