U.S. History A Topic 5 Assignment Creating a Government

How is a republican form of government different from a pure democracy? Support your answers with examples from the text.

What was a consequence of the fact that Congress did not have the power to tax citizens of the United States?

• It was difficult to fund a militia.

• It was difficult to pass laws.

• It was difficult to establish foreign policy.

John Adams, who suggested a system of checks and balances, feared too much (a)   .

• conservative thoughts

• aristocratic power

• democracy

The Ordinance of 1787 officially turned the land called the (a)   into an incorporated territory and prohibited slavery north of the Ohio River.

• Southwest Territory

• Mississippi Territory

• Northwest Territory

(a)   were interested in a stronger federal government.

• Nationalists

• Colonists

• Whigs

The state of (a)   eliminated from its state constitution the requirement to own property.

• Pennsylvania

• Maryland

• Massachusetts

Despite the Confederation Congress’ success in creating an orderly process for selling land, the sales failed to produce the (a)   necessary to deal with the dire economic problems facing the new country in the 1780s.

• militia

• revenue

• land holders

Why did it take four years to officially approve the Articles of Confederation?

• The states wanted to all agree on land holder requirements.

• The states wanted to be able to claim western lands first.

• The states had trouble agreeing on a plan of national government.