STATE CONSTITUTIONS AND ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION STUDY GUIDE
Test Format: Multiple choice, Short Answer
Study: your notes from class, copies of CH 10 and 11 from the We the People Book are on my
website (if you want copies let Miss Myers know ASAP), and a copy of the Powerpoint is on my
website. Also your guided reading from CH 10 will help you study.
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Who had the most power under the Articles of Confederation – people or the national government?
What were the weaknesses of the Articles?
What was the most widespread problem under the Articles (nationwide)?
What was the objective of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
What rights did the government have under the Articles?
Describe Shays’ rebellion.
What does the “Articles are like a rope of sand” mean?
How many houses were there to the Legislative Branch under the Articles?
In state constitutions, where was most of the power held (which branch)?
What were some of the economic problems the US experienced leading up to Shays’ rebellion?
What is federalism?
Where did the Constitutional Convention take place?
What were the basic ideas of government?
What is popular sovereignty?
Why did Madison and Hamilton call for a Constitutional Convention?
What were some of the problems the US had with Spain and Britain?
What were some successes of the Articles?
Know the following vocab words: suffrage, Magna Carta, interstate commerce, inflation, tariffs, English Bill of
Rights, Land Ordinance of 1785, Northwest Territory
19. How was the Massachusetts constitution different than other state constitutions?
20. What were 5 rights early colonists through were important and wanted guaranteed to them?