Creating a Government Review

What is the name of the first written plan of government in America?

• Constitution
• Treaty of Paris
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation

Americans were afraid that a __?__ would lead to tyranny, or oppressive rule.

• strong state government
• weak government
• strong central government
• legslature

Under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power was where?

• Legislative branch
• the president
• the states
• national government

Which of the following was NOT a power of Congress under the Articles of Confederation?

• Create a plan for the Northwest Territory
• Negotiate treaties
• Levy taxes
• Declare war and peace

Anti-Federalists preferred a strong ____________ government.

• National
• State
• Central
• Republican

What was the position of the group known as the Federalists?

• they supported a new Constitution
• they questioned the justice of slavery
• the feared the power of the national government
• the believed that states should have equal representation

Which is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress couldn't collect taxes
• Weak central government
• Provided for no common currency
• All of the these

In order to change (amend) the Articles of Confederation,  __________ out of 13 states had to agree. 

• 9
• 10
• 13
• 15

In the Northwest Ordinance, what population did territories need to reach to become states?

• 50,000
• 65,000
• 70,000
• 60,000

Which of the following demonstrated 1 of the strengths of the Articles of Confederation?

• Shays' Rebellion
• The establishment of the U.S. dollar
• The signing of the Treaty of Paris (1783)
• A system of taxation