Articles of Confederation and Constitution

The first constitution of the U.S. was called

• The Articles of Confederation
• The Mayflower Compact
• The Magna Carta
• The U.S. Constitution

The Articles of Confederation created a government that was

• Strong
• Weak
• Neutral
• Industrial

The time when farmers shut down courthouses for one year is called

• Whiskey Rebellion
• Shays' Rebellion
• Boston Tea Party
• Monroe Doctrine

Shays' Rebellion is important because it showed that 

• The U.S. needed a new constitution
• The U.S. had a strong constitution
• George Washington did not want to fight wars in other countries
• The Alien and Sedition Acts were bad

Under the Articles of Confederation, the government had only one of these things. Which one?

• An army
• A president
• A Congress
• Federal courts

The Northwest Ordinance is important because

• It created a way for new states to join the U.S.
• It created the Senate and the House of Representatives
• It gave Americans the right to trial by jury
• It announced Washington's policy of neutrality

According to the Northwest Ordinance, how many people had to live in a territory before it became a state?

• 20,000
• 60,000
• 120,000
• 200,000

When was the U.S. Constitution written?

• 1776
• 1787
• 1803
• 1810

What did the Great Compromise do?

• It created a bicameral legislature, the Senate and the House of Representatives
• It counted each slave as 3/5 of a free person
• It gave Americans freedom of speech
• It gave Americans the right to due process

What did the 3/5 Compromise do?

• It said 5 slaves only counted as much as 3 free people
• It created a bicameral Congress
• It created a Bill of Rights
• It created the first political parties