Name: ________________________ Class: ___________________ Date: __________ ID: A US Government Review 2.3 True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ____ 1. Congress and the government were allowed to amend the Articles of Confederation with the consent of 10 states. ____ 2. The Articles of Confederation gave Congress and the government the power to levy taxes to fund wars. 2 Name: ________________________ ID: A Until 1820, Maine was a district of the state of Massachusetts. ____ 3. Under the Articles of Confederation, the state governments were dependent on the national government for revenue, soldiers, and law enforcement. Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 4. The Articles of Confederation went into effect in 1781 after all thirteen states a. ceded them. c. inspected them. b. ratified them. d. legalized them. ____ 5. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had this power. a. to regulate trade c. to make war and peace b. to enforce laws d. to levy taxes ____ 6. To establish the Northwest Territory, states had to a. vote for a unicameral Congress. b. cede western lands. c. ratify the Articles of Confederation. d. join the Constitutional Convention. 2 Name: ________________________ ID: A “The general government ought . . . to possess the means of preserving the peace and tranquility of the union. . . . The encroachments of some states, on the rights of others, and of all on those of the confederacy, and are incontestible [cannot be denied] proofs of the weakness and imperfection of that system.” —William Davie, 1787 ____ 7. a. b. ____ In this quote, William Davie, a legislator from North Carolina, is expressing his opinion of the Declaration of Independence. c. Northwest Ordinance. Articles of Confederation. d. U.S. Constitution. 8. Many Americans wanted a strong national government after a. the economic depression. c. the Northwest Ordinance. b. the Annapolis Convention. d. Shays's Rebellion. 3 Name: ________________________ ____ 9. ID: A Choose the best answer to complete the cause-and-effect chart, which chronicles events leading up to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. a. slave revolt b. Shays’s Rebellion c. fighting between North Carolina and South Carolina over tariffs d. Congress enacts Northwest Ordinance “This dreadful situation has alarmed every man of principle and property in New England. [People wake] as from a dream and ask what has been the cause of our delusion. What [will] give us security against the violence of lawless men? Our government must be [strengthened], changed, or altered to secure our lives and property.” —Henry Knox ____ 10. a. b. What “dreadful situation” is Knox referring to? Boston Tea Party c. the “Miracle at Philadelphia” Shays’s Rebellion d. Annapolis Convention 4 Name: ________________________ ID: A Completion Complete each statement. 11. The ____________________ kept sovereignty in the states. Matching Match each item with the correct statement below. a. government without representation f. b. Shays's Rebellion g. c. Benjamin Franklin h. d. anarchy i. j. e. Mayflower Compact ____ 12. ratify ____ 13. caused by economic depression 5 approve Virginia House of Burgesses concession on slavery John Locke unicameral
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