Author Question: Describe Shays's Rebellion and its importance. What will be an ideal ... (Read 61 times)

clippers! · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

Describe Shays's Rebellion and its importance.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The Military Commissions Act of 2006 was ruled unconstitutional because it violated detainees' rights to __________.

a. an appeal
b. habeas corpus
c. bills of attainder
d. motions for summary judgment

Kedrick2014 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 10, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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.

Answer to Question 2

b