1. What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? 2. What was Shays Rebellion and how did it expose significant flaws in the Articles of Confederation?

1.     What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

2.     What was Shays Rebellion and how did it expose significant flaws in the Articles of Confederation?

3.     What were the key issues debated over during the Constitutional Convention?

4.     Explain the two opposing sides positions in the ratification conventions that occurred in the states prior to the ratification of the Constitution.

5.     How did Hamilton attempt to stabilize the American economy as Secretary of the Treasury?

6.     How did the French Revolution impact American politics?

7.     What was the danger of the Alien and Sedition Acts?

Reading Assignment 4

1.     By passing the Alien and Sedition Acts, were the Federalist legislators reacting to a national or a political threat?

2.     How did the Alien Act pick up from and strengthen provisions in the Naturalization Act? Was the Alien Act anti-immigrant or pro-security?