Government

The first governing document of the newly formed United States was...

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Northwest Ordinance

A change (Amendment) to the Articles of Confederation required ___ states to agree

• 10 out of 13

• 9 out of 13

• All 13

• 11 out of 13

What did Shays's Rebellion show about the government under the Articles of Confederation?

• it showed that the U.S. should end the war with Britain

• it was too weak to protect its own citizens

• it had too much money

• it gave too much power to the president

To pass a new law under the Articles of Confederation, you needed

• 13 if 13 states to agree

• 51 percent of states to agree

• 9 of 13 states to agree

• 51 percent of delegates to agree

The Land Ordinance of 1785 divided lands north of the Ohio River into

• communities

• townships

• counties

• states

What was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

• The expansion of slavery

• The purchase of the Louisiana Territory

• The building of the Erie Canal

• A procedure for territories to become states

Shay's Rebellion forced courts to close so judges could not take away

• farmers' land

• criminals' homes

• stolen goods

• money from taxes

The Northwest Ordinance included

• a clause that banned slavery

• nothing about how people could petition for statehood

• a law that required people to purchase 320 acres of land

• a system of dividing southern lands into six mile square villages

What was the single territory that was created out of the lands north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River?

• Western Territory

• Mississippi Territory

• Ohio Territory

• Northwest Territory

What was the original intent of the Constitutional Convention in May 1787?

• To revise and strengthen the Articles of Confederation

• To revise the Treaty of Paris

• To create a strong monarchy

• To abolish slavery