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Unit 3
Articles of Confederation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| unit 3 is mostly about | Articles of Confederation |
| The creation of the first government occurred when this was written: | The Articles of Confederation |
| The Northwest Ordinance was created under the: | Articles of Confederation |
| Define Congress | meeting place |
| Define ordinance | law |
| The last battle of the American Revolution was: | Yorktown |
| Once the Americans won the war, what was the 1st thing they had to do? | create a government |
| The 1st government in America after the war can best be called a | Confederation |
| Another word for congress is | Legislature |
| The best reason why America created a weak government was because: | they were afraid of a ruler with too much power |
| Who was responsible for printing money under the Articles? | states |
| The Articles did not provide for | a president |
| What was the purpose of the Articles: | each state keeps its freedom and independence |
| Which words belong in words dealing with the Articles of Confederation? | Congress, weak, independent |
| How many votes did each state have? | each state had one vote |
| Under the Articles, in order to pay for war, what did Congress have to do to get money? | beg states for money |
| What rebellion proved we needed a stronger government? | Shays' rebellion |
| What treaty ended the American Revolution? | Treaty of Paris |
| After the revolution what became America's new western border? | Mississippi River |
| What is the law of the United States called today? | The Constitution |
| What did the Constitution replace? | The Articles of Confederation |
| Where were the final shots of the revolution fired? | Yorktown |
| Who was the man who led a rebellion against the Articles of Confederation? | Daniel Shays |
| A good thing about the Articles of Confederation was that it: | created states in the Ohio River Valley |
| Define ratify: | Approve |
| Who had the most power under the Articles of Confederation? | State Governments |
| What does a legislature do? | make laws |
| Who keeps a post office under the Articles? | Federal government |
| Why were the Articles weak? | There was no president |
| How many votes did each state receive in the Articles of Confederation government? | one |
| The first government created can be described as: | weak |
| What was the problem with all the new laws created by each state? | they were all different from each other |
| What were two positive things to come out of the Articles? | The Northwest Ordinance and schools |
| Under the Articles what was the only branch of government? | Legislature |
| What area of the country was developed as a result of the Northwest Ordinance? | Ohio River Valley |
| Name the states created in the Ohio River Valley | Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota |
| Who can best be called a poor farmer? | Daniel Shays |
| Who was the 1st president under the Articles? | There wasn't one |
| Within 7 years of the signing of the treaty ending the war, how many settlers moved west? | 2.25 million |
| What people were most hurt by Americans moving west? | Indians |
| A legal contract and a form of government can best be called a: | Constitution |
| Define confederated: | come together |
| The 1st constitution of the United States was a: | Confederacy |
| Define Secede: | To Leave |
| A place where people meet and debate can best be called a | legislature |
| After the revolutionary war, the name of the American country was: | The United States of America |
| Who made treaties and borrowed money in the Articles? | The Legislature |
| Where did Shays' Rebellion happen? | Massachusetts |
| What country was on the border of America to the west of the Mississippi? | Spain |
| Why are schools important in a Democracy? | Because without an educated population the country will die |
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