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U.S. History 1781 – 1787 Quiz Preparation

U.S. History 1781 – 1787 Quiz Preparation. It is a formal written plan for government:. constitution. It is a loose association of equal and independent states:. confederation. It is any form of government where people elect their leaders:. republic.

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U.S. History 1781 – 1787 Quiz Preparation

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  1. U.S. History 1781 – 1787 Quiz Preparation

  2. It is a formal written plan for government: constitution

  3. It is a loose association of equal and independent states: confederation

  4. It is any form of government where people elect their leaders: republic

  5. This European country still had troops posted on American soil. They occupied military forts in the region of the Great Lakes: Great Britain

  6. This European country denied Americans use of the Mississippi River and the port at New Orleans in the 1780s. In other words, this country denied Americans the right of deposit in New Orleans: Spain

  7. Describe economic problems under the Articles of Confederation: Each state coined it’s own money. The U.S. had no national standard for weights and measures. States began imposing tariffs on one another.

  8. Which event is described below?Farmers in western Massachusetts were having a difficult time paying state taxes and turned violent. Angry farmers seized courthouses in western Massachusetts to prevent the courts from seizing farms. National leaders worried that the government of the United States could not prevent violent protests. Shays’ Rebellion

  9. Name all of the states that were, at one time, part of the Northwest Territory: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, & Wisconsin

  10. Article 6 of this law, passed by the Confederation Congress in 1787, outlawed slavery north of the Ohio River: The Northwest Ordinance

  11. According to classical liberalism, best found in the writings of John Locke, what is the role of government? protect the rights of the people

  12. This plan proposed at the Constitutional Convention proposed that every state, regardless of size, have equal voting power in Congress: The New Jersey Plan

  13. The Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention divided which branch of the government into two houses? Legislative Branch (Congress)

  14. What issue did the “Three-Fifths Compromise” resolve? Slaves would be counted toward state representation in the House of Representatives

  15. This collection of essays was written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay. The essays were meant to explain the Constitution written in 1787 and the essays were meant to convince states to ratify the new Constitution. The Federalist Papers

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