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What best shows why many Anti-Federalists finally agreed to the approval of the U.S. Constitution?

Adding the Bill of Rights

Those who wanted the acceptance of the Constitution were called

Federalists

Which shows the impact of Shays' Rebellion on American politics?

Shays' Rebellion highlighted the weaknesses of the federal government under the Articles of Confederation.

What part did James Madison and Alexander Hamilton play in debate over the U.S. Constitution?

They argued in support of ratification (acceptance) through political essays called The Federalist Papers.

James Madison (Father of the Constitution) wrote the Bill of Rights that would be

added to the Constitution as amendments once the Anti-Federalists supported ratification.

The Three-Fifths Compromise allowed states to

count three-fifths of their slaves when calculating their entire population.

A main failing of the United States Government under the Articles of Confederation was its

failure to regulate trade among the states.

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 is important because it

gave rules for territorial expansion and the admission of new states.

Opposition to approval of the Constitution made by the Anti-Federalists was grounded on the belief that it would

keep elites in power, endanger liberty especially for individuals, and weaken the states.

To reassure people that the new government would not be too powerful, the framers of the Constitution created a

limited government with divided powers—power divided between the national and state governments and the federal government shared power between 3 branches.

The purpose of the Land Ordinance of 1785 was to

organize and divide newly acquired land from the American revolution, to then sell to make money for the American government facing debt from the Revolutionary War

A law in the Land Ordinance of 1785 required that the money made from the sale of the 16th section of the land in each township be used to build

public schools

The New Jersey and Virginia plans tried to

settle issues regarding the power of states (representation) in the national government.

An important legacy of the Northwest Ordinance was that it banned the expansion of this north of the Ohio River in the new territories.

slavery

Shays' Rebellion emphasized the shortcomings inherent to the Articles of Confederation, mainly the issue of

taxation.

The Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise both focused on

the representation of states in Congress.

Why did the Anti-Federalists urge for the adding of a Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution?

they thought the people's liberties needed protection from the government; increase individual rights

Why did the Second Continental Congress create a weak central government under the Articles of Confederation?

to stop abuse of power and tyranny by the central government

The Great Compromise created

two-chamber legislature with one chamber based on the population of the state and the second chamber with equal representation for all the states.

The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation made America increasingly vulnerable: The absence of an executive branch, the inability of the federal government to mandate taxes,

unregulated commerce between the states, and the lack of a national currency


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