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WorksheetsArticles of Confederation Assessment (SS.6.A.3.9)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which document provided a framework for the new national government?
Magna Carta
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
English Bill of Rights
Which strength of the Articles of Confederation created a method for western territories to become states?
The ability to sign peace treaties
Shays' Rebellion
Northwest Ordinance
60,000 Ordinance
Who held most of the government power under the Articles of Confederation?
Individual States
The National Government
The Continental Congress
The Legislative Branch
What did the Continental Congress want to protect individual rights from?
Another Shays's rebellion
Another Mayflower
Another land ordinance
Another tyrannical government
Who participated in Shays' Rebellion?
Poor farmers who were Continental Army soldiers
A group of brothers named Shays
Massachusetts militia men
Loyalists
Under the Articles of Confederation, how many votes did each state get when deciding on new laws?
Zero
One
Two
Three
Choose all that apply! Which was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
Congress couldn't collect taxes
Individual states made their own laws
Provided for no common currency
Congress could not raise a militia
Which of the following was the most significant problem with the Articles of Confederation?
They were created before the war ended.
George Washington didn't like them.
They didn't give the national government any real power over the states.
Rhode Island refused to acknowledge them.
What was most significant about Shays' Rebellion?
It showed that the nation needed a stronger national government.
It showed that Massachusetts was better than Rhode Island.
It showed that farmers were very passionate people.
It showed that farmers were good at shutting down courts.
Which of the following elements of the Articles of Confederation, was working for the new nation?
It gave the states a lot of power.
It allowed Congress to borrow money.
It was written before the war ended.
It didn't give the jerks from Rhode Island any power.
How did the Land Ordinance of 1785 help the new nation?
It allowed a complete survey fo the Northwest Territory, which led to revenue.
It allowed the US to attach Spain on the Mississippi.
It allowed South Carolina to leave the US and join with Florida to form the short-lived country of South United States.
It led to Ohio becoming a state.
Choose all that apply! Some international problems included...
Jet planes were outlawed
Spanish officials closed the lower Mississippi River
Great Britain imposed high tariffs on imports and exports
Slavery was only allowed in the North
Why did some people defend Daniel Shays and his followers?
They believed American citizens had a right to stand up for themselves!
Americans in the new states hated farming!
American farmers wanted to pay high tariffs!
They believed it was okay to take peoples' land from them!
