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Chapter 8 Study Guide—Articles of Confederation & Creating the Constitution Test
1. What sort of government was created after the American Revolution? Describe it.
2. What issue held up ratifying the Constitution?
3. Who were the writers of the Federalist Papers?
4. Who was the president of the Constitutional Convention?
5. What was Shays’s Rebellion? What was its effect?
6. What were the Federalist Papers?
7. What issue upheld ratifying the Articles of Confederation?
8. What does it mean to ratify something?
9. What is a township?
10. How did the Articles of Confederation get amended?
11. What is an amendment?
12. Which branch of government did the Articles of Confederation create?
13. What is the difference between Antifederalists & Federalists?
14. What does unicameral & bicameral mean?
15. What issues led to the Constitutional Convention?
16. What was the Three-Fifths Compromise? What problem did it solve?
17. What was the purpose of the Federalist Papers?
18. What was the Land Ordinance of 1785? What was its purpose?
19. What benefits did the Confederation Congress receive with control of the Northwest
Territories?
20. What was the Northwest Ordinance? What were its provisions?
21. What is federalism?
22. What is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
23. Who had the most power under the Articles of Confederation?
24. What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
25. Which important powers were denied the national government under the Articles of
Confederation?
26. In what year did the Constitutional Convention first meet?
Where?
27. What is the purpose of the Constitution?
28. Explain the Virginia, New Jersey and Great Compromise and their similarities and
differences.
In addition to understanding these concepts, you should look over the chapter in the book—
pages 205-221. You should also look over all notes including questions from the book and
graphic organizers.