Ch 5 Lesson 1 Country's First Government

Match the following

• Northwest Ordinance

• lists of rights in state constitutions can be traced back to this original historical document

• Articles of Confederation

• document that created the first national government for the United States

• English Bill of Rights

• law that made plan for surveying the Northwest Territory in the Great Lakes region

• Ordinance of 1785

• law that set up government in the Northwest Territory in the Great Lakes region

The influence of the Magna Carta on the leaders who wrote state constitutions is shown in

• having a bicameral legislature.

• having a strong governor.

• the inclusion of a list of rights.

• language limiting the king’s power.

Why is the first national government of the United States called a confederation?

• States were dependent on each other.

• States were relatively independent.

• States were stronger than local government.

• States were weaker than the national government.

The Northwest Territory was bounded by

• the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains.

• the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico.

• the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

• the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Ocean.