History Questions

All questions require two (2) citations from an authoritative source in APA format, INCLUDING a citation from the attached textbook – Chapters 7-9..placing any direct quotes in quotation marks.

Question #1 – The minimum word count is 250

1. What were the main divisions at the Constitutional Convention, and what were the compromises that resolved them? Does the Constitution still need changing? If so, what changes? If not, why not?

Question #2 – The minimum word count is 500

2. Analyze the federal government as it existed under the Articles of Confederation. What were some of the issues that the United States had to deal with under the Articles of Confederation? How did the Articles fail to live up to the needs of the new nation?

Question #3 – The minimum word count is 500

3. Describe the creation and development of the federal government under the new Constitution. How did disagreements over the ways the United States should be governed lead to a two-party political system?

Question #4 – The minimum word count is 500

4. Define Jeffersonian Democracy, and explain how Jefferson’s presidency both defined and contradicted that political philosophy.

See page 2 for textbook cover.