Articles of Confederation
True or False: The Articles of Confederation were the first Constitution of the US.
True
False
True
True or False: The Northwest Ordinance of 1878 barred slavery in the US Northwest Territories.
True
False
True
Which term means the act of officially ending or stopping something?
A. commence
B. abolition
Abolition
True or False: Under the Articles of Confederation the government could raise and impose taxes.
True
False
False
What delayed the final approval of the Articles of Confederation?
A. the issue of slavery
B. the conflict over western lands
The conflict over western lands
Which definition best describes the term emancipate?
A. to set free
B. to separate
To set free
Who was the Continental Congress drafting Constitutions for?
A. the individual states
B. the US states as a whole
The US states as a whole
Fill in the blank: Congress passed the _____________ which established a plan for surveying the land west of the Appalachians and north or the Ohio River.
A. Land Ordinance of 1785
B. Surveying Ordinance of 1900
Land Ordinance of 1785
Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
What was the Continental Congress decision about the representation of states by population or by state?
To give states representation as a state, each state would get 1 delegate
How many settlers did the territorial subdivisions need to reach to be considered a state?
60,000
Name 1 famous abolitionist we talked about this week.
We talked about Fredrick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Sojourner Truth!