Describe Shays's Rebellion and its importance
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1) Note that after that Revolutionary War, a depression left many small farmers unable to pay their debts.
2) Explain that Shays's Rebellion was a series of attacks on courthouses by a small band of farmers led by Daniel Shays to block foreclosure proceedings.
3) Acknowledge that neither Congress nor the state could raise a militia to stop Shays and his followers, so elites assembled a privately paid force to do the job.
4) Explain how these events fueled dissatisfaction with the weakness of the Articles of Confederation system and spurred efforts to improve it.
5) Note that these efforts gave birth to the Constitution.
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In the case of Shaw v. Reno (1993), the Supreme Court ruled that
a. majority-minority districts were not a violation of the Thirteenth Amendment. b. majority-minority districts were unconstitutional. c. minority-dominated congressional districts were a violation of the Tenth Amendment. d. minority-dominated congressional districts were not a violation of the Tenth Amendment. e. redrawing voting district lines from time to time is constitutional.
One thing highlighted in relation to the countries studied in this text is _____________, which are important historical moments when political actors make decisions that shape institutions and future outcomes
a. precipitating events b. critical junctures c. catastrophic moments d. crucial points e. critical crossroads