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Unit 5: Founding a New Nation

Authored by MARCUS WILLIAMS

Social Studies

6th - 8th Grade

Unit 5: Founding a New Nation
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Articles of Confederation

Brought the 13 states together and created a common legislature, Established departments to oversee necessary business between the states, Ensured citizens traveling from one state to another had the same rights.
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788.
another country

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What did the delegates want to ensure in a new national government?

a majority greater than a simple majority of one over half, e.g., 3/5, 2/3.
People are the source of any and all governmental power
That it was not too powerful.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Confederation

It was stronger than it was under the articles
People are the source of any and all governmental power
an alliance of independent states

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Why did colonists not want a strong national government?

They believed it could threaten people's natural rights
Each citizen counts towards the total number of representatives. 3 out of every 5 slaves count towards the total number of representatives.
By the number of representatives a state has.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Ratify

to approve
A weak federal government resulted in individual states protecting their interests in ways that were harmful to the nation as a whole.
A group of delegates named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president. When citizens vote in Presidential elections, they vote for an "elector" who will vote for the Candidate that wins the state.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Main Principle of the Articles

manage public health and welfare, make and enforce state law, develop educational systems, oversee trade within a state
Congress could establish a free trade zone in the US and negotiate with other countries to import American goods. Allowed the US to end the slave trade with foreign nations in 1808.
Limited Government

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Decentralized

The uprising of farmers to protest high taxes, heavy debt, and the threat of debtors' prison.
Most radical and democratic. Stated there would be no governor. Gave all free men suffrage.
governmental power is spread among more than one person or group

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