Mcgraw Hill Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Civics and Economics

The Articles of Confederation

• a document that created the first national government for the United States

• a law that set up government in the Northwest Territory in the Great Lakes region

• a list of rights in state constitutions can be traced back to its orginal historical document

The English Bill of Rights is a

• document that created the first national government for the United States

• list of rights in state constitutions can be traced back to this orginal historical document

• law that made plan for surveying the Northwest Territory in the Great Lakes region

The Northwest Ordiance is a

• document that created the first national government for the United States

• law that made plan for surveying the Northwest Territory in the Great Lakes region

• law that set up government in the Northwest Territory in the Great Lakes region

The Ordinance of 1785 is a

• law that made plan for surveying the Northwest Territory in the Great Lakes region

• law that set up government in the Northwest Territory in the Great Lakes region

• a document that created the first national government for the United States

The influence of the Magna Carta on the leaders who wrote state constitutions is shown in

• having a bicameral legislature

• having a strong governor

• the inclusion of a list of rights

• language limiting the king's power

Why is the first national government of the United States called a confederation?

• states were dependent on each other

• states were relatively independent

• states were stronger than local government

• states were weaker than the national government

A detailed, written plan for government.

• constitution

• bicameral

• Confederation

• Articles of Confederation

To vote approval of

• constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• bicameral

• ordinances

• ratified

First constitution of the United States

• Confederation

• Articles of Confederation

• Ordinances

• Northwest Ordinance

• Shay's Rebellion

The ideas guaranteeing "life, liberty, and the pursuitof happiness," came from the ideas of

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Northwest Ordiance