

A Weak Confederation
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6th - 8th Grade
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Jaime Wagner
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13 Slides • 16 Questions
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Multiple Choice
According to the cartoon, the Articles of Confederation gave the states more power.
True
False
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Fill in the Blanks
The Constitutional Congress approved the first American Constitution in 1777, known as The
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Multiple Choice
Identify the branch, or branches which was created for our Federal government under the Articles of Confederation.
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
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Multiple Select
Check all that apply: The Federal government had the power to ___ under the Articles of Confederation.
Make treaties
Manage affairs with Native Americans
Make war
Maintain an army and navy
Coin and borrow money
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Multiple Choice
Under the Articles of Confederation, the federal government had power to raise taxes.
True
False
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Multiple Select
Identify all of the following: Each state had the...
power to tax
power to regulate trade
power to print their own Continental Dollar
three branches of government
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Poll
OPINION: Would you prefer your state to have more power to make, change, or abolish (cancel) laws than the federal government?
Yes
No
Neither, I want both to have little power over citizens
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Multiple Choice
To RATIFY means to
approve
refuse
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Word Cloud
Before states ratified the Articles of Confederation, they wanted other states to give up huge chunks of ____ west of the Appalachian Mts.
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Multiple Select
Identify all of the following: The Land Ordinance of 1785 created ...
states
townships
A place in the middle for schools
A place of in the middle for stores
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Labeling
The NW Territory included the following FIVE territories, LABEL the map:
Kentucky
Iowa
Wisconsin
Indiana
Missouri
Minnesota
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
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Multiple Choice
The THREE natural borders of the Northwest Territory are all of the following EXCEPT:
The Ohio River
The Allegheny River
The Mississippi River
The Great Lakes
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Multiple Choice
The Northwest Ordinance did all of the following EXCEPT:
Banning Slavery
Making roads and rivers navigable
Stating that they are equal to the original 13 states
Dividing the territory into townships
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Multiple Choice
When the free population reached __, the territory could ask to become a states.
500
6,000
60,000
500,000
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Multiple Choice
EACH state charged other states taxes when they traded goods and had different regulations.
TRUE
FALSE
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Multiple Choice
The FEDERAL government had the power to tax their citizens.
TRUE
FALSE
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