Constitution Part 1 OFOD

The Articles of Confederation was the United States' first....

• Constitution

• Congress

• Peace treaty

• Declaration of Independence

Under the Articles of Confederation, the power of the government belonged mostly to the....

• The central government

• The states

• The president

• The king

The Articles of Confederation created a _________________ type of government.

• strong
• average
• weak
• federal

Under the Articles of Confederation, each state got __________ vote. 

• 3 
• 2
• 1
• 5

The major impact of Shay's Rebellion is that....

• It showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation

• It showed that the states could work together

• It showed that people loved the Articles of Confederation

• It proved that that the Articles of Confederation made a strong central government

In 1787 the United States was at a crossroads. Farmers in western Massachusetts had rebelled the year before over property taxes. The state struggled to end the rebellion. Events such as this one contributed to the decision to-

• sign the Treaty of Paris

• repeal the Intolerable Acts

• declare an embargo on imported goods

• restructure the federal government

What was the purpose of the CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION?

• To replace the Articles of Confederation with a better constitution

• Declare independence from the king of Great Britain

• Create taxes for the United States

• Crown a king of the United States

Under the Articles of Confederation, America used a national currency (money)

• True
• False

This information was included in a slide-show presentation to a high school history class.

Which document was the focus of this presentation?

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

What is the best description for the CONGRESS?

• An assembly of elected REPRESENTATIVES that make laws

• The office of president of the United States

• The Supreme Court of the United States

• The throne of the king