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WorksheetsGrowing Pains
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
Date
1.
This agreement officially ended the Revolutionary War.
a)
Treaty of Cornwallis, 1781
b)
Treaty of Osceola, 1843
c)
Treaty of Paris, 1783
d)
Treaty of Philadelphia, 1776
2.
Some problems under the Articles of Confederation were that states ________.
a)
printed their own money and taxed each other
b)
taxed each other and went to war against England and France
c)
printed their own money and fought over names of ice cream flavors
d)
made their own rules for trade and started the Civil War
3.
The Articles of Confederation provided for a _______.
a)
League of Women Voters
b)
ginseng exchange
c)
firm league of friendship
d)
national constitution
4.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provided for _______.
a)
new land for states, new slaves, new trade with the Chinese
b)
new land for states, prohibition of slavery, the Ohio River as a boundary
c)
new land for Native Americans, fur trading with China, hot-air ballooning
d)
new land for existing states, more tax money, cooperation with the British
5.
What was NOT a major problem the U.S. had under the Articles of Confederation?
a)
No Federal Army
b)
The States printed their own money
c)
The government couldn't afford to pay the soldiers that fought in the war
d)
wild turkeys were hunted to extinction
6.
Technology of the 1780s included _______.
a)
submarines and cellular phones
b)
hot-air balloons, bifocals and ice cream
c)
ice cream, Coca-Cola™ and sandwiches
d)
bifocals, coins and airplanes
7.
The post-Revolutionary War government of the early 1780s was based on which document?
a)
the Articles of Confederation
b)
the Bill of Rights
c)
the Declaration of Independence
d)
the Constitution
8.
This law allowed states to expand by buying surveyed lands to their west.
a)
Southwest Ordinance
b)
Florida Exchange
c)
Land Ordinance of 1785
d)
Northern Territory Rule
9.
This Revolutionary War soldier-turned-farmer led a rebellion against the government in 1786-1787.
a)
Daniel Shays
b)
James Dean
c)
Baron von Steuben
d)
Benedict Arnold
10.
George Washington was ________.
a)
the first president, the first to sign the Declaration of Independence, the inventor of bifocals
b)
the first man on the moon, the first man to pose for the dollar bill, a farmer
c)
a Revolutionary War general, the inventor of the hot-air balloon, the inventor of the quarter
d)
a Revolutionary War general, the first president, a surveyor
11.
What were two events that ended the Revolutionary War?
a)
General Cornwallis's surrender at York Town and the signing of the Treaty of Paris
b)
The Declaration of Independence and the invention of hot air balloons
c)
Benedict Arnold's death and the surrender of George Washington
d)
Daniel Shay's Rebellion and the invention of iced cream
12.
A new coin system created by ________ was adopted by Congress in 1785.
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Dolly Madison
c)
George Washington
d)
Thomas Jefferson
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