2/23 Test

Question 1

“Established a weak central government and strong state governments”

Answer 1

Articles of Confederation

Question 2

“Created a federal system that divided powers between the national government and state governments”

Answer 2

U.S. Constitution

Question 3

“‘a firm league of friendship’ in which each state retained its ‘sovereignty, freedom and independence’”

Answer 3

Articles of Confederation

Question 4

”’ the supreme law of the land’”

Answer 4

U.S. Constitution

Question 5

• conduct foreign affairs
• maintain armed forces,
• borrow money
• issue currency

Answer 5

Articles of Confederation’s congress could..

Question 6

Articles of Confederation was run by

Answer 6

a congressional comittee

Question 7

How many states needed to approve something for it to pass?

Answer 7

9

Question 8

——————– was a series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts that began in 1786 and led to a full-blown military confrontation in 1787. The rebels were mostly ex-Revolutionary War soldiers-turned farmers who opposed state economic policies causing poverty and property foreclosures.

Answer 8

Shays’ Rebellion

Question 9

Shays’ rebellion happened because

Answer 9

The farmers who fought in the Revolutionary War had received little compensation, and by the 1780s many were struggling to make ends meet.

Question 10

“At the same time, ______________ residents were expected to pay higher taxes than they had ever paid to the British in order to assure that Governor James Bowdoin’s business associates would receive a good return on their investments.”

Answer 10

Massachusetts

Question 11

“When 60,000 settlers resided in a territory, they could draft a constitution and petition for full statehood. The ordinance provided for civil liberties and public education within the new territories, but did not allow slavery.”

Answer 11

NW ordinance

Question 12

“When _________ settlers resided in a territory, they could draft a constitution and petition for full statehood. The ordinance provided for civil liberties and public education within the new territories, but did not allow slavery.”

Answer 12

60,000

Question 13

“The big meeting held in order to change the Articles of Confederation
Where: Philadelphia
When: September 1786
Key People: George Washington James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Ben Franklin, William Patterson”

Answer 13

The Continental Congress

Question 14

The ⅗’s compromise was created for determining _______ for slaves.

Answer 14

taxation and representation

Question 15

the system in which each branch of government has a check on the other two branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful

Answer 15

Checks and balances

Question 16

Makes laws
Congress (composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate)
Representation in the House is proportional to the state population
Representation in the Senate is two senators per state
Congress collects taxes, coins money, regulates trade, can declare war, or can “raise support and armies”

Answer 16

Legislative Branch

Question 17

Court system
Supreme Court (hears cases involved with the constitution, laws that were approved and passed by Congress, and state disputes)

Answer 17

Judicial Branch

Question 18

Headed by the president to carry out the laws and policies of the nation
The President is in charge of carrying out the nations laws and policies

Answer 18

Executive branch