WorksheetsBCA: 6th Grade: Social Studies: Chapter 10 Test
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 32mins
a plan for a national government written for the American colonies in 1777
a loose alliance of states in which each state maintains most or all power over itself
to give formal approval to something so it can become legal or valid
government in which the states hold more power than the national government
unitary government
confederal government
federal government
decentralized government
having one house or chamber
Bicameral Congress
Unicameral Congress
Tricameral Congress
Multicameral Congress
a majority that is greater than 50%, often much greater
What are some major powers the Articles of Confederation gave to Congress? (select only the correct answers)
declaring war
managing foreign affairs
appointing military officers
managing Native American relationships
resolving disagreements between the states
True or False:
The New National Government did not have a president or a nation court system?
True
False
The branch of government that makes the laws?
The branch of government that interprets the laws?
Judiciary Branch
Executive Branch
Legislature Branch
What branch of government does the president belong to?
Judicial Branch
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
The President belongs to the Executive Branch, what his his job?
Make the laws
Enforce or carry out the laws
Interprets the laws
The level of government that deals with national matters?
central government
The government responsible for matters affecting the people in a state that is not handled by the federal government?
Power or authority?
Sovereignty
The Articles of Confederation limited the powers of the ________?
national government
A system in government that gives each branch of power to check or limit the power of the other branches?
suffrage
advocating for extreme political or social change, especially by challenging the foundation of a particular system
radical or radicalism
First issued in 1776, it gave woman the right to vote, the reasoning behind this law had more to do with property rights than woman suffrage
Considered the most radial and democratic of all first state constitutions?
1776 Pennsylvania Constitution
This constitution emphasized the importance of legislation and stated there would be no state governor?
Massachusetts Constitution
Pennsylvania Constitution
New Jersey Constitution
This constitution was drafted by John Adams and established government branches and a process of checks and balances?
Massachusetts Constitution
Pennsylvania Constitution
New Jersey Constitution
True or False:
An advantage of state government is that is could operate independently from other states and the national government and make rules that were good for the state?
True
False
True or False:
Under state governments each state had the power to issue its own currency(money) and make its own laws about debt, taxes, trade and more?
True
False
This created a system for resolving disputed land claims between states and for governing new territory.
As part of the ______ of 1783, Britain gave the U.S. the unsettled territory bordered by the Ohio River, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Mississippi River.
When the Louisiana constitution was issued in 1812, this city was the seat of government?
The constitution of this state in effect today was ratified on April 20th, 1974, and it includes 14 articles?
Louisiana
The first legislation to outlaw slavery in any part of the United States or its territories?
These 3 groups suffered from cultural bias, prejudice, and stereotypes. The ideals of freedom and equality that so many Americans had fought for were not extended to these three groups?
American Indians (Native Americans)
Black Americans
(African Americans)
Woman
Under the Northwest Ordinance when a territory has how many free adult males, then it could elect its own leaders?
someone who want to end slavery
True or False:
Did the Articles of Confederation end slavery in all the states?
True
In 1780, this state passed a law that gradually ended slavery?
This state outlawed adult slavery in 1783?
New Hampshire
She was the first enslaved woman to file a lawsuit for freedom in Massachusetts and win?
He represented Elizabeth Freeman in court and helped her win freedom?
His writing was a great help to the slave trade ending in Great Britain?
Olaudah Equiano
He wrote Thomas Jefferson criticizing his views on slavery. In writing to Jefferson, he mentions the quote "all men are created equal" when arguing for the abolition of slavery?
a person whose job is to determine the size, shape, and boundaries of land
Surveyor
He published Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia's almanack and Ephemeris, an almanac of medical treatments, astronomical calculation and more?
Benjamin Banneker
a written plan for government
a gathering of people, meeting for a common purpose
convention
At this meeting in 1787 at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA delegates from all the states except Rhode Island met to revise the Articles of Confederation?
At the Constitutional convention the delegates realized that the national government needed to be stronger than it was under the Articles of Confederation, but they also wanted to protect the states and the people from a national government with too much power. What was the new plan for the government called?
Big Question:
Why is a government important?
What is the main economic challenge colonists faced after winning the American Revolution?
Creating a new government, so they could unite as one nation, rather than 13 individual states.
Continuing with their old way of government, so they could unite under the King.
Creating a new government, so they did not have to unite as one nation, and state 13 individual states.
What did the delegates want to ensure as they wrote the Articles of Confederation?
The delegates wanted to ensure the new national government was not too powerful.
The delegates wanted to ensure the new national government was more powerful than the King.
The delegates wanted to ensure that the new national government had no power at all.
What kind of government did the Articles of Confederation form?
decentralized government
centralized government
ruling sovereignty
What are some key strengths of the Articles of Confederation?
Brought the 13 original states together and created common legislature
Established departments to over see necessary business
Ensure citizen traveling from state to state had the same rights
How did the Articles of Confederation encourage democracy?
By empowering the state and making it difficult for an oppressive central government to form
What are two reason the Pennsylvania constitution was considerer the most radical and democratic of all the first state constitutions?
It emphasized the importance of legislation and stated there would be no state governor
It gave all free men suffrage
What three branches of government were seen in the Louisiana Constitution of 1812?
What are three factors that caused new settlement patters and land used to develop in the Northwest Territory?
movement of people through immigration
importation of enslaved people
displacement of Native Americans
Why did early abolitionists choose not to focus on changing the national government?
The power to end slavery was in the hands of each state, not the national government
What problems were caused due to the lack of a judicial branch in the U.S?
had no way to interpret the laws
people ignored the nations laws
no courts to hold people accountable
Why was it important for the U.S. to have consistent trade laws between states?
To ensure trade was fair and profitable for its citizens
Under the Articles of Confederation why would it be difficult for Congress to declare war?
The had to ask the states for soldiers, but the states could refuse
What injustice led to Shay's Rebellion? (read page 202 to better understand)
How did Shays' Rebellion change the way Americans saw the Articles of Confederation?
