U.S History Establishing A New Nation

This table describes the United States government as organized under the ________.

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

According to the map, what is one reason that the federal government feared that settlers in the Northwest Territory might become part of the Spanish empire?

• Spanish territory was home to a wide variety of Native American groups.

• Spanish territory bordered the western edge of the Northwest Territory.

• Spanish territory included the Great Lakes and so controlled trade.

Britain's Navigation Acts were based on a policy that limited how Americans could do business with the British empire. What was the name of this policy?

• federalism

• free trade

• mercantilism

Which of the following features of the Articles of Confederation made this plan of government less democratic than the later U.S. Constitution?

• Each state had only one vote in Congress, regardless of its size.

• Congress could not levy or collect taxes from the people.

• There was no separate executive branch to enforce acts of Congress.

One of the key events that led Congress to vote for a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation was

• the Northwest Ordinance.

• Shays' Rebellion.

• the Great Compromise.

One reason leaders in the United States called for a Constitutional Convention was because

• States were not allowed to print their own money.

• Britain refused to sell goods to American merchants.

• Congress could not regulate interstate commerce.

Based on the map, in which group of states was Antifederalist support strongest?

• New York and North Carolina

• Connecticut and Georgia

• Pennsylvania and Delaware

At the Constitutional Convention, discussions of slavery were tied to debates about

• representation in Congress

• separation of powers

• a Bill of Rights

A bicameral legislature was part of the answer to which powers Congress should have.

• which powers Congress should have.

• who should have the right to vote.

• how states would be represented in Congress.

By agreeing to divide government power between the states and the national government, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention adopted a system known as

• nationalism.

• federalism.

• liberalism.