Post-Revolutionary America Grade 6th

Life in the U.S. right after the war was:

• peaceful and unchanged

• marked by economic growth and social change

• exactly the same as before the war

• isolated from global events

Fill in the blank: One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that the government couldn’t ________ taxes.

• collect

• spend

• borrow

• print

Fill in the blank: Under the Articles of Confederation, there was no ________ or leader to make important decisions or enforce laws.

• president

• governor

• senator

• prime minister

Fill in the blank: The government under the Articles of Confederation had no national ________ to protect the country.

• army

• bank

• court

• president

Fill in the blank: Each state had its own ________, which made trade confusing because states didn’t use the same currency.

• money

• flag

• language

• leader

Under the Articles of Confederation, all 13 states had to agree on big changes, which made it hard to pass laws.

• True

• False

Why couldn’t the government under the Articles of Confederation pay soldiers, build roads, or pay off war debt?

• It couldn’t collect taxes

• It didn’t want to

• The states refused to help

• There was no war debt

Fill in the blank: The government had to ask ________ for money, and most did not pay.

• states

• citizens

• banks

• businesses

Without money, the government under the Articles of Confederation couldn’t do much to help people.

• True

• False

What happened when farmers rebelled in Shays’ Rebellion in 1786?

• The government sent an army to stop them

• The government had no army to stop them

• The rebellion did not happen

• The states stopped the rebellion