6th-Chapter 13: Forming Our Republic

Why did many Americans resort to bartering in the early years of our nation?

• American money was worthless

• Americans didn't know how to print money

• They felt that it was a better system

• Their goods were worth more

Which is a way that foreign countries showed disrespect for the US?

• Spain repeatedly closed the port of New Orleans to Americans

• The British didn't honor the Treaty of Paris

• The French refused to trade with America

• The foreign countries that loaned money to the US demanded that they pay their debts.

What was the first governing document of the US?

• The Magna Carta

• US Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

Which of the following is being described:

• Obstacles to freedom in America

• Challenges facing the early US

• Challenges facing Britain after the Revolution

• Obstacles to establishing the Articles of Confederation

Why was the US government nearly bankrupt at the end of the revolutionary war?

• Congress could not decide on a leader

• Congress did not have the power to demand taxes or raise funds

• Congress was focused on creating a new government instead of finances

• Congress had loaned out more money than they could get from others countries

Which of the following best explains why the authors of the Articles of Confederation did not allow the national government to tax its citizens?

• There was hyperinflation

• The US government was in debt

• They remembered how the British over taxed them

• They wanted to create a solution that did not involve money

Which of the following was a goal of farmers during Shays Rebellion?

• to gain more rights

• to stop farmers losing their farms

• to end taxation without representation

• to regain land from the British army

Why was the Constitutional Convention called in 1787?

• To revise the Articles of Confederation

• to decide how to handle Shays Rebellion

• to establish the power of Congress to tax people

• To create new trade relationships with France and Britain

What was Madison's Virginia Plan?

• A plan to bring back an autocratic monarchy

• a plan to revise the Articles of Confederation

• A plan to establish a new government with 3 branches

• A plan to have representatives for each state meet monthly

Why did Madison's plan call for a separation of powers?

• To stop rebellions from happening

• To prevent one branch from becoming too powerful

• to establish separate, but unequal powers for each branch of government

• to clearly outline which part of the government was going to control the other two