Chapter 8 Standards

Impact of the American Revolution on women, African-Americans and American Indians

Explain major domestic problems faced by the leaders of the new republic under the Articles of Confederation including:
          *Maintaining national security
         
*Creating a stable economic system

          *Dealing with war debts

          *Collecting revenue

          *Defining the authority of the central government

Explain the challenges in writing and ratifying the United States Constitution including:
          *Issues debated during the convention resulting in compromises,
                   -the Great Compromise
                   -the Three-Fifths Compromise
                   -the compromise over the slave trade
                   -the Federalist/Anti-Federalist debate
                   -the debate over a Bill of Rights

Explain how lack of power to regulate the economy contributed to the demise of the Articles of Confederation and the creation of the United States economy

Explain how the Northwest Ordinance established principles and procedures for the orderly expansion of the United States

Explain how events and issues demonstrated the need for a stronger form of governance in the early years of the United States
                   -Shay’s Rebellion
                   -Economic instability
                   -Government under the Articles of Confederation