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WorksheetsUS Foundation Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which of the following is the best description of the Articles of Confederation?
It is the US Constitution used in present times that created 3 branches of government in the United States.
It was a document declaring the 13 colonies' independence from Great Britain.
It was a declaration of war on Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
It is a document adopted during the American Revolution that developed a national government for the 13 states.
What form of government was created with the ratification of the Articles of Confederation?
Monarchy
Democracy
Confederation
Dictatorship
Which of the following describe the national government under the Articles of Confederation?
(Check all that apply)
Power to tax
Unicameral (1 branch of government)
Print Money
Enforce Laws
Conduct foreign affairs
Which of the following characterizes the states' powers under the Articles of Confederation?
(Check all that apply)
Print Money
Enforce Laws
Make Laws
Borrow Money
Declare War
Which of the following is considered a success for the Articles of Confederation because it established a process for adding states and helping develop governments in new territories?
Bleeding Kansas
Northwest Ordinance
Shay's Rebellion
Northwest Passage
Why did Daniel Shay lead an uprising of farmers to attack the Massachusetts's courthouses and tax collectors?
Taxes and seizing land
Citizens were being denied their right to vote
They did not want to pay the stamp act
They wanted representation in parliament
What did Shay's Rebellion reveal about the state of the new National government?
It was strong and able to help states in crisis
It was too powerful and reminded the states of monarchies
It revealed the need to have a dictator making decisions for the nation
It was weak and could not help states in crisis
How did the structure of the national government change?
(Check all that apply)
from unicameral to bicameral
from 1 branch to 3 branches
there were no changes
the reinstated a monarch
How did the new government solve the issue of representation?
The Great Compromise
The Virginia Plan
The New Plan
The 3/5 Compromise
How did views on slavery impact the debate of representation?
Everyone wanted to count slaves in the population.
It wasn't an issue
Free states argued slaves were property and could not be counted.
Slave gained their full rights
