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The Confederation Period

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of 'Republic'?

a)

A place used for storing weapons.

b)

A form of government in which people elect representatives to govern the country.

c)

A law or set of laws

d)

Land that belongs to a national government but is not a state

2.

What is the definition of 'Inflation'?

a)

A place used for storing weapons.

b)

A law or set of laws

c)

An economic condition in which more money is needed to buy goods and services than was needed earlier.

d)

Land that belongs to a national government but is not a state.

3.

What is the definition of 'Arsenal'?

a)

A place used for storing weapons.

b)

A law or set of laws.

c)

Land that belongs to a national government but is not a state.

d)

An economic condition in which more money is needed to buy goods and services than was needed before.

4.

What is the definition of 'Territory'?

a)

A law or set of laws.

b)

A place used for storing weapons.

c)

Land that belongs to a national government but is not a state.

d)

A form of government in which people elect representatives to govern the country.

5.

What is the definition of 'Ordinance'?

a)

Land that belongs to a national government buy is not a state.

b)

An economic condition in which more money is needed to buy goods and services than was needed earlier.

c)

A law or set of laws.

d)

A place used for storing weapons.

6.

What is The Confederation Period?

a)

The period of time before the American Revolution.

b)

A time in the United States history after the American Revolution before the signing of the United States Constitution.

c)

The period of time during the American Revolution .

7.

How many of the 13 states needed their representatives to agree on a decision?

a)

2

b)

14

c)

9

d)

4

8.

Some of the problems Congress faced were________________.

a)

Couldn’t collect taxes

b)

Couldn’t raise a large army without permission from the states

c)

Did not have a building of its own

d)

Did not print enough money

9.

Many soldiers had not been paid for fighting during the ____________.

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

American Revolution

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Battle of Cowpens

10.

If the farmers could not pay their debt or taxes, the courts of some states took away their ________.

a)

money

b)

debt

c)

crops

d)

farms

11.

__________ and other farmers rebelled against the government.

a)

John Hancock

b)

Daniel Shay

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

John Adams

12.

What was Congress responsible for?

a)

Dividing and governing the nation's new lands west of the Appalachians.

b)

Making more money for the colonists.

c)

Dividing and governing the nation's new lands west of the Adirondack Mountains.

d)

Buying more farmland for the land owners.

13.

Under the Northwest Ordinance, land was divided into squares that were called __________.

a)

States

b)

Cities

c)

Townships

d)

Counties

14.

Why was the Northwest Ordinance important ?

a)

To set up a plan for governing the territory between the Appalachian Mountains and the Rocky Mountains.

b)

To set up a plan for governing the farmland.

c)

To set up a plan for governing the Northwest Territory and outline the steps by which new states would be formed.

15.

James Madison called the Congress a Rope of Sand because he saw weaknesses in the ____________.

a)

The Preamble

b)

United States Constitution

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Declaration of Independence

16.

Madison and his supporters believed the nation needed a stronger _______ government to keep the states from breaking apart.

a)

Independent

b)

Split

c)

Central