Chapter 3 Creating a Constitution REVIEW

The first national Constitution of the United States

• Treaty of Paris

• Articles of Confederation

• Laws of Tolerance

• Federalist Papers

A delegate is

• a representative

• a freed slave

• an illegal alien

• a person who owes a debt

Under the Articles of Confederation...

• there was an executive branch but no judicial branch.

• there was a judicial branch but no executive branch.

• there was no executive branch and no judicial branch.

• there was both an executive branch and a judicial branch.

Under the Articles of Confederation the Congress was made up of delegates from each state.

• True

• False

Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had the right to...

• declare war

• raise armies

• sign treaties

• all of the above

Under the Articles of Confederation Congress had the right to...

• impose taxes

• regulate trade

• both of the above

• neither of the above

The power to impose taxes and regulate trade were powers held by the

• Congress

• Delegates

• States

• none of the above

What did the government do for funding?

• sell land west of the Appalachian Mountains

• get contributions from the states

• both of the above

• neither of the above

The Northwest Ordinance protected civil liberties and banned slavery in the new territory.

• true

• false

When the population of a territory reached _____, the territory could become a state.

• 100,000

• 25,000

• 75,000

• 60,000