Module 5 Test Review - Forming a Government - 8th Grade

Which power did the Articles of Confederation give to the national government?

• choosing a president

• appointing national judges

• settling conflicts among states

• requiring states to supply troops

What issue had to be negotiated before the states all agreed to ratify the Articles of Confederation?

• control of the western lands

• whether to add a bill of rights

• whether Congress could declare war

• who was eligible to become president

The Land Ordinance of 1785 determined how western lands would be _____________________________.

• governed

• turned into states

• divided into townships

• represented in Congress

Which steps did Great Britain take that hurt the economy of the United States? (2)

• kept British troops in Canada

• refused to let American ships land in West Indies ports

• controlled forts in the Great Lakes

• made American merchants pay high tariffs on their exports to Great Britain

• signed the Treaty of Paris

Why didn't the Confederation Congress prevent British merchants from selling products in the US that were cheaper than locally made products?

• Congress could not pass tariffs

• British merchants bribed members of Congress

• high inflation kept British prices low

• the British threatened to start a war over prices

Which problems led Daniel Shays and other farmers to start a rebellion in Massachusetts? (2)

• heavy debts

• unfair legal costs

• abuses by soldiers

• high taxes

• a record drought

What was the original goal of the Constitutional Convention?

• elect a new Congress

• raise an army to fight rebellions

• revise the Articles of Confederation

• replace the Articles of Confederation

At the Constitutional Convention smaller states supported which plan because it allowed each state equal representation?

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Three-Fifths Compromise

How did the delegates at the constitutional Convention handle the issue of slavery?

• they decided that slavery should be banned

• they decided that all states should be open to slavery

• they decided that the slave trade should regulate the slave trade

• they decided that the slave trade could not be banned until 1808

Which group opposed the Constitution because it made the national government too powerful?

• Federalists

• Antifederalists