A New Nation

What was the document that the 2^nd Continental Congress drafted 1777 to govern the United States?

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of the Rights of Man

Under the Land Ordinance of 1785, the territory was broken into ___________?

• Land plots

• Divisions

• Fields

• Townships

What was the one thing prohibited under the Northwest Ordinance?

• Slavery

• Whiskey

• Taxes

• Education

What were the three issues the country faced under the Confederation?

• Foreign Nations

• Growing Economics difficulties

• Money shortage

• Canadians supplying the Natives

• Rebellions

What was the rebellion in Massachusetts in which farmers demanded cheaper printed money to pay taxes?

• Shays Rebellion

• Whiskey Rebellion

• Peasants Rebellion

• Grain Rebellion

What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• Replace the Articles of Confederation

• Amend the Articles of Confederation

• Ratify the Articles of the Confederation

What are the purposes of the Legislative and Executive branches of government?

• Apply the law

• Make the law

• Judges the law

• Enforces the law

What plan is know as the "Great Compromise" in which the states would have 2 Senators and Representatives based on Population?

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Connecticut Plan

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolution

What was out in place into for each branch to cooperate with each other?

• Separation of Powers

• The Supreme Court

• Checks and Balances

• The President

Besides the people voting, who elects the President into office?

• Senate

• House of Representives

• Electoral College

• Supreme Court

• Continental Congress