Unit 5 Chapter 1 Study Guide Articles of Confederation

which provisions were included in all early state constitutions? pick all

• state government needed a good reason to search a person's home

• Collective ownership of all property
• no jail without a trail

• Monarchy and divine right

what does this quote relates most closely to? "it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. it neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg.

• Religious tolerance and freedom of belief.
• Religious dogma and enforcement.
• The importance of wealth and power.
• The necessity of a single religion.

who wan an enslaved woman who used a constitution to gain her freedom?

• Harriet Tubman
• Sojourner Truth
• Frederick Douglass
• Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett)

what constitution did Elizabeth freeman use to gain her freedom?

• Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776
• New York Constitution of 1777
• Massachusetts Constitution of 1780
• Virginia Declaration of Rights

what was america's firt plan for a national government called?

• Articles of Confederation
• Constitution of 1787
• Bill of Rights
• Federalist Papers

what is one thing congress created under the articles of confederation?

• the post office/postal service

• the teacher's union

• The House of Representatives
• The Supreme Court

what is a major weakness of the articles of confederation ?

• The presence of a strong executive branch.
• a strong central governmet

• The enforcement of federal laws by state governments.
• congress lacked the ability to tax the state.

what did shay's rebellion show the national goernment?

• Shays' Rebellion demonstrated the effectiveness of state governments.
• Shays' Rebellion highlighted the need for more local governance.
• Shays' Rebellion showed that the national government was too powerful.
• national government did not have a stronger federal authority to control violence

under the articles of confederation, how many states had to aprove a law before it was passed.

• 7 states out of 13

• 9 states out of 13

• 11 states out of 13

• 13 states out of 13

what was the northwest ordinances

• The Northwest Ordinances were military regulations for the U.S. Army.
• The Northwest Ordinances were tax laws for the original colonies.
• The Northwest Ordinances were laws that governed the settlement and admission of new states

• The Northwest Ordinances were treaties with Native American tribes.