Question 1: What were some of the main problems of the Articles of Confederation? How did Shay's Rebellion illustrate the need to change the Articles of Confederation?
Question 2: What were some of the main debates that took place during the Constitutional Convention? How were these debates resolved? What sorts of compromises were reached at the Constitutional Convention?
Question 3: How did the Constitution address the rights of women and slavery?
Question 4: Describe the process of the "disestablishment" of churches that began during the American Revolution and continued into the early Republic. How did the First Amendment of the United States Constitution deal with religious liberty and the relationship between church and state?
Question 5: What was the result of Marbury v. Madison? Why is this case considered one of the most important cases in the history of the Supreme Court?