The Constitution Practice Test

A historian argues that the Constitution’s framers sought to curb what they saw as excessive state-level democracy, including debtor relief laws and paper money schemes, by creating a stronger national framework and limiting certain state actions. Which event of the mid-1780s most directly influenced these concerns?

A historian notes that the Constitution prohibited states from entering treaties, coining money, or maintaining standing armies in peacetime without Congress’s consent. The author argues these restrictions aimed to give the United States a coherent national sovereignty. Which constitutional change from the Articles era is most directly reflected?