Standards 8.21-8.25

The first governing document of the United States, effective from 1781-1787, is known as the ______________________ .

• Constituion

• Congress

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

What was the main weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• the federal government was too weak

• It had no legislative branch

• The judicial was too powerful

• The executive was too powerful

How did the U.S. Constitution solve a problem created by the Articles of Confederation?

• It avoided the issue of states’ rights.

• It allowed the states to elect representatives.

• It prevented the amendment of federal laws.

• It enabled the federal government to collect taxes.

The Articles of Confederation limited the ability of Congress to impose _____________ and regulate ______________ between states in order to raise funds to pay the debt from the American Revolution.

• taxes; money

• tariffs; debtors

• taxes; trade

• tariffs; armies

Federalism divides power between _________________ .

• the Senate and the House of Representatives.

• the governor and legislature.

• the people and the government.

• state and federal governments.

How many free citizens had to live in an area of the Northwest Territories before it could apply for statehood?

• 5,000 free males

• 20,000 free citizens

• 60,000 free citizens

• 75,000 citizens

Shays' Rebellion was an uprising of farmers in the western part of what U.S. state?

• Massachusetts

• Vermont

• Pennsylvania

• Virginia

The MOST important thing about Shays' Rebellion was...

• Daniel Shays survived!

• Massachusetts approved the Riot Act.

• Thomas Jefferson approved of their actions.

• It showed that the US needed a stronger federal government.

Choose two reasons why the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was written.

• to tell how a territory could become a state

• to make the territory more diverse

• to set laws on how the territory was to be governed

• to bring peace between the French and the British

What did the Northwest Ordinance say about slavery?

• Ohio needed 60,000 slaves to become a state.

• It did not mention slavery.

• Slavery was allowed.

• Slavery was banned