A New Nation Review Quiz

Which is the best explanation for the treatment of Native Americans following the American Revolution?

• Inspired by the ideals of the Declaration of Independence, the United States granted Native Americans more rights.

• The new nation did not consider Native Americans to be citizens and moved forward in land expansion without considerations for them.

• Despite some regions’ differences between the North and South, most Americans agreed that western lands should be set aside as reservations.

• After determining which side they supported in the war, some Native American groups were rewarded, while others were punished.

Following the American Revolution, Loyalists mostly fled to

Which groups' difficulties caused Shays’s Rebellion? Select the two correct answers.

• bankers

• merchants

• militia men

• farmers

• veterans

What economic power did the national government have under the Articles of Confederation?

• imposing taxes

• issuing currency

• imposing tariffs on imports

• regulating interstate commerce

• none of the above

What rules were established by the Northwest Ordinance and other land ordinances under the Articles of Confederation? Select the two correct answers.

• how new states would be admitted

• which religions would be allowed

• where railroads would be built

• where slavery would be permitted

• who would govern the new territory

What national power did the Articles of Confederation grant?

• control of trade

• foreign policy

• lawmaking

• taxation of citizens

The Articles of Confederation did NOT grant the federal government the power to enforce laws.

• True

• False

Choose the answer that correctly fills in the blanks in the following statement.

Federalists were mostly ___________ who ___________ a strong central government and believed that __________ is the best form of government.

• middle class artisans, opposed, direct democracy

• lower class farmers, supported, republicanism

• lower class farmers, opposed, direct democracy

• upper class lawyers, supported, republicanism

Anti-Federalists were mostly ________ who ________ a strong central government and believed that ________ is the best form of government.

• upper class lawyers, opposed, republicanism

• middle and upper class farmers and planters, opposed, direct democracy

• lower class industrial workers, supported, direct democracy

• middle class merchants, supported, republicanism

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

This quote from the Declaration of Independence is the definition of