Constitution Review

What is the name of the first written plan of government in America?

• Constitution
• Treaty of Paris
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation

Under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power was where?

• Legislative branch
• the president
• the states
• national government

Which is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress couldn't collect taxes
• Weak central government
• Provided for no common currency
• All of the these

Under the Articles of Confederation Congress could only pass a law if ____________ out 13 states agreed. 

• 13
• 8
• 9
• 10

Which of the following events lead to a decision by the colonies to meet and revise the Articles of Confederation?

• The Boston Tea Party
• Shay’s Rebellion
• The Revolutionary War
• The Civil War

One major problem with the Articles of Confederation is that Congress could not ______ the citizens to raise money.

• tax
• ask
• demand
• force

What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance?

• to control Indians in the Northwest Territory

• to set a path to statehood and establish rights for settlers

• to convince more colonists to fight for independence

• to give states a process for collecting taxes

When a territory gained _______ free adult people, it could write a Constitution and apply to the U.S. government to become a state

• 5,000

• 50,000

• 60,000

• Any number of

The lasting impact of the Northwest ordinance of 1787 was...

• that slavery would be made illegal forever after in the U.S.

• that the U.S. was unable to compromise.

• that we would be dragged into another war.

• that it provided instructions on how the U.S. should add new states to the U.S. in the future.

An Anti Federalist believed...

• There should be a weak central government

• There should be a powerful central government