WorksheetsFounding the Nation
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is a plan for government?
an article
a constituion
a confederation
an ordinance
What was the name of the first constitution of the United States?
the Magna Carta
the Northwest Ordinance
the Articles of Confederation
the United States Constitution
Daniel Shays led a group of farmers and closed courthouses and broke into jails to free debtors. This was called...
Daniel's Rebellion
The Farmer's Rebellion
Debtor's Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion
The Founding Fathers realized the government set up by the Articles of Confederation was...
too long
too hard to understand
too weak
not weak enough
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 created territory out of land...
west of the Mississippi River
east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River
south of the Ohio River
east of the Appalachian Mountains and north of the Ohio River
Who was the leader of the Constitutional Convention?
Thomas Jefferson
Ben Franklin
James Madison
George Washington
The 3 branches of government are:
legislative, executive, and judicial
legislative, state, and judicial
state, executive, and judicial
county, state, and national
One purpose of a government is to provide laws.
true
false
Another purpose for government is to provide security for its people.
true
false
Another purpose for government is to spend to spend money any way it wants.
true
false
Another purpose of government is to provide services and supplies for its people.
true
false
Which one is NOT a purpose of government?
repairing roads
make its own decisions
settle disagreements
deliver the mail
