Which of the following conducted the governmental business of the United States following the Declaration of Independence?
Why did American leaders want to draft a national constitution in 1776?
Take a close look at the diagram on this slide.Which form of government is represented by this diagram?
This is a map showing the United States, including its territories, in 1783.According to the map, what caused disputes between the states in the early 1780s?
The Land Ordinance of 1785 did which of the following? Check all of the boxes that apply.
Which of the following was not an economic problem in the United States in the 1780s?
Why did former soldiers gather in Philadelphia in 1783?
Read this excerpt from the Articles of Confederation, focusing on the underlined text.Under the articles, who is responsible for collecting taxes in the US?
How does the quote reveal a weakness of the national government under the Articles of Confederation?
Which of the following best describes the attitude of the leaders who wrote and approved the Articles of Confederation?
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 did which of the following? Check all of the boxes that apply.
The United States faced threats from which of the following in the 1780s? Check all of the boxes that apply.
What was the cause of Shays’s Rebellion in 1786?
Why do you think the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 are considered two great achievements of the government under the Articles of Confederation? Write a response of at least three sentences.
The Land Ordinance of 1785 divided public lands into sections that could be sold, encouraging settlement in the West and providing income for the government. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established a system for governing the territories and for admitting new states to the union. It also prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory, resolving the issue of slavery there.
Which of the following did you include in your answer?
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