How Did Shays's Rebellion Help Advance Madison's Plans for Reform

question 13

Multiple Choice

How did Shays's Rebellion help advance Madison's plans for reform?

• A) Farmers throughout the United States began supporting Madison as a way of guaranteeing their rights.
• B) Wealthy plantation owners feared slave rebellions on their own lands and wanted a strong government to protect their interests.
• C) Madison was instrumental in calming the farmers and ending the rebellion, so people began to trust him.
• D) Even Northerners were alarmed to see that African Americans could wield such power, and looked to Madison to establish a government to protect whites.
• E) People throughout the United States realized that law and order were breaking down.

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