US 2nd Quarter Review

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What document is known as America's 1st Constitution?

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Articles of Confederation

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The main weakness of the Articles of Confederation was...

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creating a weak central government

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The Land Ordinance of 1785 called for land to be surveyed into 6 by 6 miles squares called ??

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townships

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According to the Land Ordinance of 1785, one section of each township was to be used to support ????

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schools

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787...

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established a system for governing and creating new states from new land gained after the war

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Shay's Rebellion revealed...

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that the Articles of Confederation were not an effective form of government and needed to be revised

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The main cause for many of the rules in the Articles of Confederation was that the delegates at the Continental Congress...

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were concerned about giving the central government too much power because the King had used his power unfairly.

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What was the Great Compromise?

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A combining of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan

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What does the political cartoon represent?

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3/5 Compromise: every 5 slaves = 3 people for representation & taxation in Congress

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The _____________________ branch of government makes the laws.

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Legislative