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WorksheetsUnit 4: The Critical Period
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
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Class
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1.
All but which of the following documents influenced ideas about government in the United States?
a)
Magna Carta
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Mayflower Compact
d)
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
2.
Why is the separation of powers required for a society to be free?
a)
Allows citizens to make a decent living wage
b)
Limits governmental powers and gives the people a voice
c)
Settles conflicts between states
d)
Ensures the most qualified candidates are elected to office
3.
What did Daniel Shays and his men protest in 1786?
a)
High taxes and heavy debts on farmers
b)
Federal control of the judicial system
c)
The use of debtors' prisons
d)
The death penalty being pursued on a few of Shay's men
4.
Which of the following are problems the United States experienced with Great Britain after the Revolutionary War?
a)
Britain refused to hand over forts
b)
Britain closed ports to American ships
c)
High tariffs were set against Americans
d)
All of the above
5.
Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom declared that:
a)
no person could be required to pay for a church with tax money
b)
no person who worked on behalf of a religious institution had to pay taxes
c)
government had to punish religious discrimination
d)
governments had to pay for churches
6.
Which factors indicate that there was an economic depression in the United States after the Revolutionary War?
a)
both the price of goods and the value of money increased
b)
trade activity was minimal and inflation and unemployment were on the rise
c)
trade laws differed across states and each state followed its own interests
d)
the country went deeper into debt as it raised taxes
7.
Which term is referred to in this triangle truth?
a)
suffrage
b)
constitution
c)
federalism
d)
Declaration of Independence
8.
Which ordinance set up a new large territory out west (the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin)?
a)
the Virginia Statute of Freedoms
b)
the Northwest Ordinance 1787
c)
The Articles of Confederation
d)
the Land Ordinance of 1785
9.
Which term is referred to in this triangle truth?
a)
Three-Fifths Compromise
b)
Ratification
c)
Inauguration
d)
Suffrage
10.
In 1784 officials from which country closed the lower Mississippi River, which the United States had used to ship goods to eastern markets?
a)
Canada
b)
Spain
c)
England
d)
France
11.
A steep drop in economic activity combined with rising unemployment is
a)
Cost
b)
Inflation
c)
Pricing
d)
Depression
12.
Which factors indicate that there was an economic depression in the United States after the Revolutionary War?
a)
trade laws differed across states and each state followed its own interests
b)
the country went deeper into debt as it raised taxes
c)
both the price of goods and the value of money increased
d)
trade activity was minimal and inflation and unemployment were on the rise
13.
Why did Congress decide to pass the Land Ordinance of 1785, which divided western lands into townships?
a)
Congress wanted to sell lots to the public to pay the nation's debts
b)
Native Americans were illegally exploiting territories in the western lands
c)
Congress wanted to create a region where slavery was banned
d)
Colonial governments had already expanded their borders into western lands
14.
What was the true, FIRST constitution of the United States?
a)
The US Constitution
b)
The Articles of Confederation
c)
The Bill of Rights
d)
The Magna Carta
15.
Shays' Rebillion, coupled with many other problems in the early United States, forced many to call for a change to the Articles of Confederation. What main problem was at the front of this argument?
a)
the federal/central government lacked power under the Articles
b)
the states lacked power under the Articles
c)
the US could not trade with other countries under the Articles
d)
the US could not write state constitutions under the Articles
16.
Which of the following items is NOT TRUE regarding the Articles of Confederation?
a)
Congress could settle conflicts
b)
Congress can ask states for money & soldiers
c)
the government did not have a national court system
d)
Congress has total power under the new document
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