A New Nation

Checks and balances are _______

• a law

• a way to keep track of your money

• ways that each branch of government limits the power of the other branches

• ways the government approves ideas

An ordinance is ________

• a law

• an addition

• a division of government

• an ammendment

What problem did war debts pose for the new nation?

• The American people did not want to repay the debts.

• The government could not collect taxes to repay the debts.

• The government could not get good terms for repaying the debts.

• The American people did not believe that the country owed money.

What caused Shay's Rebellion?

• One state raised taxes that people paid on their property.

• The federal government jailed people who could not pay their taxes.

• The federal government taxed the income farmers earned.

• One state refused to pay the taxes it owed the federal government.

When the Constitution was written, which citizens had the right to vote?

• married African American women

• free African American males

• white male property owners

• white married females

What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• to get delegates to sign the new Constitution

• to name a leader for the country's army

• to decide whether a king should lead the government

• to form a stronger government by revising the Articles of Confederation

Read the quote before answering the question that follows.

"Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the federal town, and become citizens of that town more than of your state."

By issuing this warning, the speaker of the passage above reveals that he or she is a ....

• supporter of the Declaration of Independence

• supporter of a strong central government

• supporter of George Washington as the first president

• supporter of the Articles of Confederation

Which branch of the military is MOST likely to patrol the coastline?

• Army

• Air Force

• Coast Guard

• Marines

What did the Three-Fifths Compromise do?

• It included three-fifths of the enslaved people in population counts.

• It required three-fifths of the states to ratify the law.

• It gave small states three-fifths as many representatives as large states

• It put three-fifths of the Articles of Confederation into the Constitution.

An amendment is _________

• a law

• a branch of government

• an addition

• the power of a citizen