A New Nation Lesson 2

​The End of the Revolution: Making a New Nation

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Multiple Choice

What is a constitution?

• a plan of government

• a system of beliefs

• a group on people in the government

• something that Great Britain had in their parliment

Multiple Select

Select all that are true about a democracy

• It's a government ran by the people

• People can vote for their representatives through elections

• It's form of social organization

• It's a type of political party

Open Ended

What's the main difference between a state government and national government?

Multiple Select

Select 2 things that a constitution is meant to do.

• It listed the rules of government and the rights of people written down for all to read

• It limited the power of government officials

• It made sure all US citizens were under government control

• It gave more power to the government

Multiple Choice

What is a bill of rights?

• A document that lists rights and freedoms of the people that the government cannot be taken away

• A document that lists the responsibilities of citizens

• A document that lists the duties of the government

• A document that lists the laws of a country

Multiple Select

Who was NOT included in having right to vote?

• women

• African Americans

• Native Americans

• men

Open Ended

List 3 powers that were given to Congress by the Articles of Confederation.

Open Ended

List 3 ways that Congress was strictly limited by the Articles of Confederation.

Open Ended

Why did Americans fear a strong national government?

Open Ended

What was the main reason why the Articles of Confederation did not work?

Multiple Select

Select all that is true about the Land Ordinance of 1785?

• It was a plan to measure and split up land in the Northwest Territory for people to buy and settle it

• It split the land into sections called "townships" which are made up of 36 square mile sections

• It was a way to randomly split up land in the Northwest Territory and give it away for free

• It was a rule that said people had to give up their land in the Northwest Territory to the government

Multiple Select

Select all that are true about the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.

• It's a plan for how to govern the Northwest Territory

• It split the land up into smaller territories

• Once a territory had 5000 people living in it, they could elect a legislature

• Once a territory had 60,000 people living in it, they could apply to Congress to become a state

Multiple Select

Why was America upset with other countries over land?

• Britain broke their promise to remove troops from American soil

• Spain and the United States both wanted to claim land near the Golf of Mexico

• Spain wouldn't let American farmers use the Mississippi River to ship goods to customers

• America was displeased with Britain and Spain for their refusal to end the slave trade

Open Ended

List at least 3 reasons why America was struggling at first as a new nation.

Open Ended

List at least 3 reasons why the states didn't originally get along with each other or Congress.

Multiple Select

What did Shays' Rebellion help Americans to realize?

• That the national government was too weak to protect Americans from rebels

• That the nation would not survive under its present government

• That the American Revolution was a mistake

• That the states needed to be more independent

Multiple Choice

What was the original purpose for meeting during the Constitutional Convention?

• To discuss the Articles of Confederation and to make changes that would improve the government

• To throw the old government away and start from scratch

• To debate what it means to be a democracy

• To figure out ways to make taxes higher

Open Ended

Who did the delegates elect as president of the convention?

Multiple Choice

True or False: All of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention got along well and agreed on everything.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What ended up happening to the Articles of Confederation during the Constitutional Convention?

• It was set aside and replaced by a completely new Constitution

• It was changed and improved upon to be better for the nation

• It was ratified by all 13 colonies.

• It was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

Open Ended

Who was known as the Father of the Constitution?

Multiple Select

Select all that is true about Benjamin Franklin:

• He was a successful printer, writer, scientist, and inventor

• He helped Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence

• He helped write the Treaty of Paris

• He was 81 years old when he helped out during the Constitutional Convention

Labelling

Match ideas that fit into either the Virginia Plan or the New Jersey Plan

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Two houses of Congress

Like Articles of Confederation

Favored by small states

Representation based on population

Each state has equal representation

Favored by large states

One house of Congress

Created stronger national gov.