Government Test Review - 8th Grade US History

The first government of the United States was...

• The Bill of Rights

• The Northwest Ordinance

• The Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

A change to the Articles of Confederation required how many states to agree?

• 10 out of 13

• 11 out of 13

• 12 out of 13

• 13 out of 13

How did Shay's Rebellion show that the Articles of Confederation couldn't actually work

• The government was too weak to do anything

• The government was too strong so the people couldn't do anything

• The British were really running the governemnt

• The government had too much money

To pass a new law under the Articles of Confederation, you needed how many states to agree?

• All 13

• 9 out of 13

• 50%+1

• If one state said yes, they all said yes

What divided up the territory that would one day include Ohio?

• The Ordinance of 1785

• The Proclamation of 1753

• The Township Act

• The Northwest Charters

The Ordinance of 1795 divided the land that was North of the Ohio River into whats?

• Towns

• Counties

• States

• Regions

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 ...

• Allowed slavery to expand

• was also known as the Louisiana Purchase

• helped in building the Erie Canal

• created a process for territories to become states

What was the name for the expansive territory that was North of the Ohio River and East of the Mississippi River?

• Western Territory

• Northern Territory

• Northwest Territory

• Ohio Territory

The Northwest ordinance include ...

• a ban on slavery

• no process for territories to become states

• a law that required every citizen of that area to buy huge plots of land

• a system of dividing land into little 6 mile X 6 mile plots.

Daniel Shay and his band of rebels forced the courts to close so that...

• they couldn't take away people's homes

• make people pay taxes

• they couldn't put people in jain

• they couldn't take away peoples farms