Module 5 Test Review - Forming a Government - 8th Grade

Front

Which power did the Articles of Confederation give to the national government?
Options:
choosing a president,
appointing national judges,
settling conflicts among states,
requiring states to supply troops

Back

settling conflicts among states

Front

What issue had to be negotiated before the states all agreed to ratify the Articles of Confederation?

Back

control of the western lands

Front

The Land Ordinance of 1785 determined how western lands would be _____________________________.

Back

divided into townships

Front

Why didn't the Confederation Congress prevent British merchants from selling products in the US that were cheaper than locally made products?

Back

Congress could not pass tariffs

Front

What was the original goal of the Constitutional Convention?

Back

revise the Articles of Confederation

Front

At the Constitutional Convention smaller states supported which plan because it allowed each state equal representation?

Back

New Jersey Plan

Front

How did the delegates at the constitutional Convention handle the issue of slavery?

Back

They decided that the slave trade could not be banned until 1808.

Front

Which group opposed the Constitution because it made the national government too powerful?

Back

Antifederalists

Front

Who was a famous Antifederalist?

Back

James Monroe

Front

Antifederalists thought that the Constitution gave who too much power?

Back

national government