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Chapter Five: Lesson One--The Articles of Confederation

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To fall in value

a)

depth roll

b)

inflation

c)

depreciation

d)

appreciation

2.

Having a two house legislature

a)

unicameral

b)

bicameral

c)

tricameral

d)

cameral

3.

Which law helped stop the spread of slavery to the west?

a)

Confederation Law

b)

Morris Ordinance

c)

Northwest Ordinance

d)

Ordinance of 1789

4.

Changes to the Articles of Confederation had to be approved by a total of how many states?

a)

7

b)

9

c)

11

d)

13

5.

One major weakness of the Confederation was that it could not deal with...

a)

drawing maps

b)

Native Americans

c)

new states

d)

the Nation's finance

6.

What was the single territory that was created out of the lands north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River?

a)

Mississippi Territory

b)

Northwest Territory

c)

Ohio Territory

d)

Western Territory

7.

Passage 3: The quotation describes American Attitudes toward control of the Mississippi River in the 1780s. These attitudes led to disagreements with which nation?

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

Netherlands

d)

Spain

8.

The states adopted constitutions that limited the power of the...

a)

governor

b)

president

c)

state representative

d)

state senator

9.

The Americans formed a republic, a government in which citizens rule through...

a)

appointed representatives.

b)

elected representatives.

c)

kingships.

d)

monarchies.

10.

Why did the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation have trouble paying its debts?

a)

The currency had depreciated greatly since the war.

b)

It had already raised taxes too many times.

c)

The Land Act of 1800 spent all the country’s money.

d)

It had no power to raise money through taxes.

11.

The war for independence left the Continental Congress with a huge debt.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Select the sentences from the quotation that best supports the conclusion that the policies of the national government under the Articles of Confederation led to inflation.“…As more continentals appeared, people realized that

a)

Congress could not exchange or trade in the bills for gold or silver

b)

The public began to doubt the money was worth anything

c)

In 1779 it took 40 continentals to buy a single Spanish silver dollar.

d)

By 1781, a person needed 146 continentals to buy that Spanish coin..."

13.

Which country was still occupying Western forts and also blocking US merchants from trading in the West Indies?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Canada