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Founding the Nation

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a plan for government?

a)

an article

b)

a constituion

c)

a confederation

d)

an ordinance

2.

What was the name of the first constitution of the United States?

a)

the Magna Carta

b)

the Northwest Ordinance

c)

the Articles of Confederation

d)

the United States Constitution

3.

Daniel Shays led a group of farmers and closed courthouses and broke into jails to free debtors. This was called...

a)

Daniel's Rebellion

b)

The Farmer's Rebellion

c)

Debtor's Rebellion

d)

Shay's Rebellion

4.

The Founding Fathers realized the government set up by the Articles of Confederation was...

a)

too long

b)

too hard to understand

c)

too weak

d)

not weak enough

5.

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 created territory out of land...

a)

west of the Mississippi River

b)

east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River

c)

south of the Ohio River

d)

east of the Appalachian Mountains and north of the Ohio River

6.

Who was the leader of the Constitutional Convention?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Ben Franklin

c)

James Madison

d)

George Washington

7.

The 3 branches of government are:

a)

legislative, executive, and judicial

b)

legislative, state, and judicial

c)

state, executive, and judicial

d)

county, state, and national

8.

One purpose of a government is to provide laws.

a)

true

b)

false

9.

Another purpose for government is to provide security for its people.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

Another purpose for government is to spend to spend money any way it wants.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

Another purpose of government is to provide services and supplies for its people.

a)

true

b)

false

12.

Which one is NOT a purpose of government?

a)

repairing roads

b)

make its own decisions

c)

settle disagreements

d)

deliver the mail