Articles of Confederation and the Constitutional Convention Flashcards
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Under the Articles of Confederation, how many votes did each state have in Congress?
Answer: One vote per state
Each state, regardless of size, cast a single vote in the Confederation Congress.
What was required to amend the Articles of Confederation?
Answer: Unanimous approval of all thirteen states
Amendments required the consent of every state, making change nearly impossible.
How many states had to approve major legislation under the Articles of Confederation?
Answer: Nine of thirteen
Important measures needed a supermajority of nine of the thirteen states.
In what year did the Articles of Confederation go into effect after final ratification?
Answer: 1781
Maryland's ratification in 1781 completed the process and put the Articles into effect.
Which achievement of the Confederation Congress prohibited slavery in a territory and set a process for admitting new states?
Answer: The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
The Northwest Ordinance created a path to statehood and banned slavery in the Northwest Territory.
Shays' Rebellion (1786–1787) was led mainly by which group?
Answer: Western Massachusetts farmers burdened by debt and taxes
Indebted farmers rose up against foreclosures and taxes, exposing the weak national government.
What was the main outcome of the Annapolis Convention of 1786?
Answer: It called for a convention in Philadelphia to fix the Articles
With only five states attending, delegates urged a broader meeting in Philadelphia the next year.
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