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A Weak Confederation

A Weak Confederation

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History, Social Studies

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6th - 8th Grade

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Jaime Wagner

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13 Slides • 16 Questions

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A Weak Confederation/Land and NW Ordinances

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Multiple Choice

According to the cartoon, the Articles of Confederation gave the states more power.

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True

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False

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Fill in the Blank

The Constitutional Congress approved the first American Constitution in 1777, known as The ....

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Multiple Choice

Identify the branch, or branches which was created for our Federal government under the Articles of Confederation.

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Legislative

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Executive

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Judicial

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Multiple Select

Check all that apply: The Federal government had the power to ___ under the Articles of Confederation.

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Make treaties

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Manage affairs with Native Americans

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Make war

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Maintain an army and navy

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Coin and borrow money

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Multiple Choice

Under the Articles of Confederation, the federal government had power to raise taxes.

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True

2

False

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Multiple Select

Identify all of the following: Each state had the...

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power to tax

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power to regulate trade

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power to print their own Continental Dollar

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three branches of government

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Poll

OPINION: Would you prefer your state to have more power to make, change, or abolish (cancel) laws than the federal government?

Yes

No

Neither, I want both to have little power over citizens

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Multiple Choice

To RATIFY means to

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approve

2

refuse

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Word Cloud

Before states ratified the Articles of Confederation, they wanted other states to give up huge chunks of ____ west of the Appalachian Mts.

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Multiple Select

Identify all of the following: The Land Ordinance of 1785 created ...

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states

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townships

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A place in the middle for schools

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A place of in the middle for stores

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Labelling

The NW Territory included the following FIVE territories, LABEL the map:

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Michigan

Indiana

Iowa

Kentucky

Illinois

Wisconsin

Minnesota

Ohio

Missouri

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Multiple Choice

The THREE natural borders of the Northwest Territory are all of the following EXCEPT:

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The Ohio River

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The Allegheny River

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The Mississippi River

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The Great Lakes

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Multiple Choice

The Northwest Ordinance did all of the following EXCEPT:

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Banning Slavery

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Making roads and rivers navigable

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Stating that they are equal to the original 13 states

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Dividing the territory into townships

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Multiple Choice

When the free population reached __, the territory could ask to become a states.

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500

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6,000

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60,000

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500,000

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Multiple Choice

EACH state charged other states taxes when they traded goods and had different regulations.

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TRUE

2

FALSE

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Multiple Choice

The FEDERAL government had the power to tax their citizens.

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TRUE

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FALSE

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