Creating a New Nation (review)

1. The lawmaking branch of the government is the _____________ branch.

• legislative

• executive

• judicial

2. The head of the executive branch in each state is the _________________.

• president

• senator

• governor

3. Several of the rights allowed to citizens are trial by jury and ___________________________

• freedom to not attend school

• freedom of speech and the press

• freedom to do whatever we want

4. The ____________________ focused on a loose alliance of states rather than a strong federal government.

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

5. Under the Articles of Confederation, the government could not _______________.

• create a postal system

• make treaties

• collect taxes or make the states pay money to the federal government

6. During the Confederation Era, the west lay just beyond the ______________________.

• Appalachian Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Mississippi River

7. In the Northwest Territory....

• you could have slaves if you wanted to

• slavery was NOT allowed

• was that even a place?

8. Several states that were formed from the Northwest Territory were Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. (TRUE or FALSE)

• true

• false

• maybe

9. ______________________ was difficult under the Articles of Confederation, so many people used a barter system instead.

• printing money

• interstate trade

• travel from one country to the next

10. ________________ led a rebellion in Massachusetts, because of land confiscation by the government after the Revolution.

• Daniel Shays

• Nathaniel Bacon

• Daniel Morgan