Unit 3: Creating a Nation

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What is the name of the first written plan of government in America? Options: Constitution, Treaty of Paris, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation

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Articles of Confederation

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Under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power was where? Options: Legislative branch, the president, the states, national government

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the states

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Which is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation? Options: Congress couldn't collect taxes, Weak central government, Provided for no common currency, All of the these

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All of the these

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What was the purpose of the Land Ordinance of 1785, which called for land to be surveyed into 6 by 6 miles squares called townships?

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To make it easier to sell land to Settlers.

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What did the Northwest Ordinance forbid (not allow) to occur in the Northwest Territory? Options: gambling, slave owning, war, squatting

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slave owning

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Shays' Rebellion started in Massachusetts because...

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Western MA farms were being foreclosed at a rapid pace

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What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention? Options: To rewrite the Declaration of Independence, To rewrite the Articles of Confederation, To write the Treaty of Paris, To elect the first president

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To rewrite the Articles of Confederation

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What did the Federalists want? Options: States to govern themselves, To be governed by England, A strong federal government, A new leader for the House of Representatives

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A strong federal government

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What did Anti-Federalists believe? Options: States to have power to govern themselves, No state government, only Federal, Less power for the states, more for the national government, A strong central government for the US

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States to have power to govern themselves

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This agreement combined the Virginia plan with a bicameral congress with population based representation and the Connecticut Plan with a unicameral congress with equal state representation.

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Great Compromise