SSUSH5

What established the procedure by which the United States would expand westward across North America by the admission of new states, rather than by the expansion of existing states?

• Treaty of Paris 1763

• The Wilmont Proviso

• The Monroe Doctrine

• The Northwest Ordinance

The unicameral legislative branch created by the Articles of Confederation was MOST LIKELY changed to a bicameral branch in the United States Constitution because people

• wanted the government to have much more power.

• wanted more of a separation of government power.

• wanted everything from the Articles to be changed.

• believed that the first legislative branch was corrupt.

Why did the Founding Fathers create a weak central government under the Articles of Confederation?

• to prevent another war with Great Britain

• to provide the states with unlimited power

• to prevent abuse of power by the national government

• to increase the taxation powers of the national government

Establishment of land rights for those states in white were primarily set by

• The Midwestern Compact

• The Northwest Ordinance

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Albany Plan of Union

Shays' Rebellion was significant because it

• shifted the balance of power from free states to the slave states.

• demonstrated the opposition of the Anti-Federalists to the Constitution.

• provided the background to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War in 1775.

• demonstrated the weaknesses of the government under the Articles of Confederation.

Which of these can be considered a success of the American government under the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress did not have the power to regulate interstate or foreign trade.

• Congress was denied any powers of taxation, it could only request money from the states.

• Passage of the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance provided a systematic process for adding new states into the Union.

• Even after the Revolution was over, the American military was too weak to force British troops out of their forts on the Western frontier.

Which sentence describes the power to tax given to the U.S. Congress by the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress could pass a tax with Presidential approval.

• 3/4 of Congress had to agree on passing a tax.

• All of Congress had to agree on passing a tax.

• Congress could not tax.

The Articles of Confederation represented the Americans' distrust of

• the British

• states rights

• any governing authority

• a strong central government

One of the most important legacies of the Northwest Ordinance was that it prevented the expansion of ________________ north of the Ohio River in the new territories.

• slavery

• Indian warfare

• industrialization

• British colonization

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 is significant because it

• guaranteed universal suffrage.

• gave free land to all settlers.

• balanced the number of free and slave states in the Union.

• included provisions for territorial growth and the admission of new states.