M5 Review

which powers did the Articles of Confederation give to the national government

• settling conflicts among states

• establish a national currency.

• impose taxes on citizens.

• regulate interstate commerce

what issue had to be negotiated before the states all

agreed to ratify the Articles of Confederation

• control of western lands

• whether to add a Bill of Rights

• whether Congress could declare war

• who was eligible to become President

the land ordinance of ___________ determined how western

lands would be ______________

• 1785, turned into states

• 1784, divided into townships

• 1787, governed

• 1785, divided into townships

what steps did Great Britain take to weaken the American economy

(select all that apply) (there's 4)

• kept British troops in Canada

• refused to let American ships in the West Indies

• controlled forts in the Great Lakes

• made American merchants pay high tariffs on products

• signed the Treaty of Paris, 1783

why didn't the Confederation Congress prevent British merchants from selling

in the states that were cheaper than locally made products

• congress couldn't pass tariffs

• british merchants bribed members of congress

• high inflation kept british prices low

• the british threatened to start a war over prices

at the Constitutional Convention, __________ states supported the _________

because it allowed for equal representation (select two answers)

• larger states

• smaller states

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

the delegates handled the issue of slavery by _________

• deciding it should be banned immediately

• deciding it should be legal in all states

• decided individual states could regulate the slave trade

• deciding it couldn't be banned for 20 years

some __________, such as __________, opposed the Constitution because

they feared it made the _______ too powerful (select all that apply)

• Antifederalists

• James Monroe

• state legislatures

• national government

• James Madison

what was the purpose of the Federalist Papers

• improve the ideas in the Constitution

• persuade Americans to ratify the Constitution

• defend the Constitution from foreign criticism

• to provide historical background for the Constitution

the first ______ amendments to the Constitution were created

to defend ________ rights

• 10

• 12

• 15

• federal rights

• individual rights