A More Perfect Union

Americans were ready to concentrate power in the hands of a single ruler.

Changes to the Articles had to be approved by a total of 13 states.

The Americans formed a republic, a government in which citizens rule through

One of the Articles of Confederation’s accomplishments was an arrangement for

One major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that it could not deal with

What was the single territory that was created out of the lands north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River?

The United States went through an economic ____________ after the American Revolution.

Many white Southerners feared economic difficulties if ___________ no longer existed.

In order to keep the Southern states part of the nation, Northern states agreed to put off dealing with _______________ until 1808

Shays’ Rebellion forced courts to close so judges could not take away

The American Revolution brought into focus the contradiction between the American battle for liberty (freedom) and

Constitutional Convention delegates voted to work toward a new national government based on the

During the Constitutional Convention, the question of how to count each state’s enslaved population was resolved by

favored local government controlled more closely by the people (wanted a Bill of Rights)

the delegates who shaped the Constitution