Forming a Government Module 5 Review

Where did Americans find ideas for their government?

• English Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Mayflower Compact

• Emancipation Proclamation

Which state produced a government plan considered to be the first written constitution in the colonies?

• Virginia

• Massachusetts

• Connecticut

• New York

Why would you have voted for or against the Articles?

• To establish a monarchy

• To limit the powers of the national government

• To abolish the national government

• To expand the powers of the national government

Underline the sentence that explains when a territory could ask to join the Union.

• The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 formed the Northwest Territory.

• When the population of a territory hit 60,000, its settlers could draft their own constitution and ask to join the Union.

• Slavery was banned in the Northwest Territory.

• The Land Ordinance of 1785 set up a system for surveying land and dividing the Northwest Territory.

What is the definition of the Magna Carta?

• A territory including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin

• A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government

• A law that included Thomas Jefferson's ideas granting religious freedom

• An English document that limited the power of the monarch

What is the definition of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

• A law that included Thomas Jefferson's ideas granting religious freedom

• A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government

• A territory including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin

• An English document that limited the power of the monarch

What is the definition of the Articles of Confederation?

• A law that included Thomas Jefferson's ideas granting religious freedom

• A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government

• The new national constitution, which made a new Confederation Congress the national government

• A territory including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin

What is the definition of the Land Ordinance of 1785?

• A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government

• The new national constitution, which made a new Confederation Congress the national government

• A law that set up a system for surveying land and dividing the Northwest Territory

• A territory including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin

What is the definition of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

• A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government

• A law that established the Northwest Territory and formed a political system for the region

• A law that included Thomas Jefferson's ideas granting religious freedom

• A territory including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin

What is the definition of suffrage?

• The new national constitution, which made a new Confederation Congress the national government

• A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government

• A territory including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin

• Voting rights