Articles of Confederation

The 1780s were known as

• The Constitutional Era

• The Critical Period

• The Washington Era

• The Revolutionary Era

Under the Articles of Confederation there was no (check all that apply):

• President

• Court System

• Rules

• Government

The Articles of Confederation had a strong central government.

• True

• False

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 set rules for creating new states which

• forced Colonists to move

• taxed Native Americans

• expanded U.S. territory

• created the national bank

Weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation were (check all that apply)

• Domestic

• Foreign

• Leadership

• Financial

Who presided over the meeting to discuss and debate the creation of a new Constitution?

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

Which English document inspired language in the US Constitution?

• The Iroquois Confederacy

• The Magna Carta

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Popular Sovereignty means

• The government could only do what people give it permission to do. The government is not all powerful.

• Powers are divided between the three branches of government.

• The division of power between the national government and the local government.

• Power comes from the people; the people elect public officials to represent them in free elections.

Judicial Review is the power of the Supreme Court to determine if a government action or law is constitutional or unconstitutional.

• True

• False

Ratified means

• changed

• deleted

• approved

• created