The Constitution (Crash Course) (The Constitution, the Articles, and Federalism: Crash Course US History #8)

Is the Constitution we have today the first and only form of government the United States has ever had?

• Yes

• No

Under the Articles of Confederation, the United States did not have a President.

• True

• False

Under the Articles of Confederation, could the federal government collect taxes?

• No

• Yes

Under the Articles of Confederation, the federal government could make treaties (agreements).

• True

• False

What was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

• Constitution for the state of Ohio.

• Set up 5 new states between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

• Determined who controlled the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

What was Shay’s Rebellion?

• Slave uprising in the South.

• Farmers who fought against new anti-slave laws.

• Farmers who rebelled against taxes & debt collections.

Was Shay’s Rebellion a turning point because it exposed that having a weak and limited federal government wasn’t going to work for our country?

• No

• Yes

When was our current Constitution written?

• 1787

• 1788

• 1786

• 1789

Most delegates to the Constitutional Convention (where they wrote the Constitution) agreed that our country needed three branches of government.

• True

• False

What is federalism?

• Power rests with both the federal and state governments.

• Only the state governments have power.

• Only the federal government has power.