Congress under the Articles of Confederation passed the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. This act prohibited slavery in a specific territory that had been added to the United States of America after the Treaty of Paris 1783. What is the name of this territory?
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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The Ohio River Valley
The Mississippi River Basin
The Louisiana Territory
The Viceroyalty of New Spain
Answer explanation
The Ohio River Valley was territory that was added to the United States after the Treaty of Paris in 1783. However, it would take the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 to officially make it a part of the United States. Note, this territory was also prohibited from allowing slavery.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 also allowed for the creation of townships. Based on the amount of families moving to the Ohio River Valley, what assumption must be true regarding an additional provision of the Northwest Ordinance?
The creation of a state church.
The development of a public school system.
The establishment of a trading port on the Ohio River basin.
The creation of a public health system.
Answer explanation
As families settled in the Ohio River Valley, the taxes that they paid on their land aided in the creation of the first public school system. This is still how the federal and state governments fund public school systems across the United States. NOTE: At this time only white boys were allowed to attend public school.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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The Articles of Confederation established a weak central government. What is a specific example of a weakness within the Articles of Confederation?
The federal government could not collect taxes.
The legislative branch was unicameral rather than bicameral.
There was no executive branch or national court system.
All of the above
Answer explanation
Because there was no executive branch or federal court system established under the Articles of Confederation, there was no way for Congress to enforce federal laws or determine if laws violated the Articles of Confederation.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Anti-Federalists and Federalists developed the Great Compromise to address representation concerns. What did the Great Compromise accomplish?
Each state would have 2 Senators and their amount of representatives would be determined by the state's population.
Each state would only have to pay federal taxes on their free, white male populations.
The president would only be able to appoint federal judges, not Supreme Court Justices.
States populations would only be calculated via the amount of free white men and enslaved people who only counted as 3/5 of a person.
Answer explanation
The Great Compromise established a bicameral legislative branch. In the United States we have the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each states is allotted a specific number of representatives based on their population. Each state then has 2 Senators to represent them in the Senate.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What did the Three-Fifths Compromise attempt to resolve?
Representation in Congress around states with a high population of enslaved people
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What document did the Anti-Federalists demand be added to the US Constitution before they would pass it? This document specifically highlighted the rights of citizens under the US Constitution.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Bill of Rights
The Ten Commandments
The Magna Carta
Answer explanation
The Bill of Rights was a necessary addition to the US Constitution in order for the Anti-Federalists to agree to pass it in Congress. The Bill of Rights specifically highlights rights that US Citizens have.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What does the Tenth Amendment of the US Constitution establish?
Freedom of Speech
Right to an attorney
Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment
Establishing that any powers not explicitly given to the federal government must be given to the state governments.
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