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Liberty Video - Last and Greatest Battle of the American Revolution
Question | Answer |
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What crisis overshadowed everything else in the United States? | The U.S. was bankrupt |
Better the whims of ____?____ than the ignorance and passion of the ___?___ . | one man, mob |
Shay's Rebellion finally convinced the leaders in America that something had to be done about the... | Articles of Confederation |
Where did the Constitutional Convention take place? | Philadelphia |
Who came out of retirement to lend his prestige to the Constitutional Convention? | George Washington |
The first vote at the Constitutional Convention was a vote to... | keep the meetings secret |
How many months did the delegates at the Constitutional Convention debate the constitution? | Four months |
Because the majority of the country was expecting only a revision of the Articles of Confederation, the new Constitution was a... | real shock |
The great unknown in the debate over the new constitution were the common people who were ___?___ of strong government and didn't like ___?___ . | suspicious, paying taxes |
Some Anti-Federalists worried that the new national government would reach into ___?___ with the message of give, Give, GIVE!!! | people's every day lives |
What question were people debating then and people are still debating this today? | How powerful the federal government should be |
Where was the first "real test" of the new Constitution? | Massachusetts |
The Federalists had ___?___ for the Anti-Federalists biggest worry that the proposed government will be too big and too powerful. | no answer |
The Anti-Federalists wanted to know why the new Constitution spelled out the rights of the government, but it didn't have a similar listing... | of the basic rights of individuals |
What was the name given to this list of basic individual rights? | Bill of Rights |
What are the three pieces of paper our country is founded on? | Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights |
Americans celebrated their new Constitution and government because it was the triumph of ___?___ and ___?___. | knowledge over ignorance, liberty over slavery |