Chapter 6 Lesson 1 (A New Nation)

After the Revolution, it was easy to become a new nation.

• True

• False

Congress issued several ordinances. What is an ordinance?

• A position in the military

• A law

• A statue

• A letter

What was the first governing document of the United States?

• Bill of Rights

• Federalist Papers

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

A way of reaching an agreement where each side gives up something they want is called a

• decision

• veto

• compromise

• majority

Why did some countries refuse to take the new nation seriously?

• Trade with other nations was getting easier.

• The Founding Fathers kept telling silly jokes.

• Congress could not enforce laws about trade with other nations.

• The Continental Army was becoming too powerful.

Land north of the Ohio River surrounded by the Great Lakes.

• The Northwest Territory

• The Ohio River Territory

• The Appalachian Region

• The Great Lakes

All of these things were wrong with the "Articles of Confederation" EXCEPT...

• they had no way to raise money to run the government

• there were no courts to settle disputes

• there was no executive branch headed by a President

• they brought us together during the Revolutionary War

Abolish means

• to approve

• to end

• to pass

• none of the above

Revised means

• Corrected

• Enhances

• Abolished

• Ratified

The word "ratify" means

• to stop

• to abolish

• to approve

• to veto