The Constitution

The first document which governed the US was the

• Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Declaration of Causes and Necessities

In the first government, how many votes did each state get in Congress?

• 1

• 2

• depended on the population

• none

The Articles of Confederation were weak because Congress did not have the power to...

• tax

• raise an army

• regulate trade

• do any of these

It allowed Indiana to become a state.

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Northwest Ordinance

• both

For the most part, this system was used clear across the US.

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Northwest Ordinance

• both

It created the township system.

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Northwest Ordinace

• both

It organized the land between the Appalachians and Mississippi?

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Northwest Ordinance

• both

It spells out how territories become states. It was largely Jefferson's idea.

• both

• Northwest Ordinance

• Land Ordinance of 1785

The Land Ordinance of 1785 placed schools in the ___ section.

• 16th

• 1st

• 3rd

• 10th

People vote for their representatives in a...

• republic or republican system

• democracy

• monarchy

• federalism