Constitution (STAAR)

Which group was responsible for answering these questions?

• Settlers creating the Mayflower Compact

• Delegates writing the Articles of Confederation

• Representatives drafting the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Colonists negotiating the Albany Plan of Union

Which document was the focus of this presentation?

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

Why was it difficult for Congress to fulfill its duties under the Articles of Confederation?

• Any congressional action required executive approval

• Congress lacked the power to declare war

• Most congressional decisions required approval of at least nine states

• Congress lacked the power to regulate foreign trade

What does this list suggest about the drafters of the Articles of Condfederation?

• They did not want a judicial system based upon that of Great Britain

• They feared that a strong central government would abuse its power

• They were uncertain that democracy would continue to be the best type of government

• They did not think that state governments could provide for the general welfare

Choose the headline that describes an event that established guidelines for the admission of new states to the United States.

• A - Northwest Ordinance Passed

• B - Treaty of Paris Ratified

• C - Bill of Rights Ratified

• D - Alien and Sedition Acts Passed

According to the Northwest Ordinance, which condition did a territory have to meet in order to apply for statehood?

• Have a population of sixty thousand free settlers

• Hold a vote on whether to become a free or slave territory

• Establish one public school per district

• Have a territorial governor appointed by the president

Which document completes this excerpt?

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Ghent

• Northwest Ordinance

• Louisiana Purchase

How did the provisions of the Northwest Ordinance affect U.S. expansion?

• By funding a transportation network

• By establishing a process for territories to govern themselves

• By promoting the growth of southern plantation economies

• By creating a national bank to loan money to land investors

The Northwest Ordinance established guidelines for the orderly expansion of the United States by instituting a --

• method to purchase territories from foreign powers

• procedure for military takeovers of existing countries

• process through which states could be added to the Union

• compromise line that prohibited slavery in the West

The Northwest Ordinance is considered a historical milestone because it --

• more than doubled the size of the United States

• established a method for admitting new states to the Union

• encouraged state legislatures to ratify the Constitution

• proposed treaties with American Indians to allow the peaceful settlement of new territories