Articles of Confederation
America's first constitution was called the ________.
What are the Articles of Confederation
The Articles gave Congress the power to declare this.
What is war
The Northwest Ordinance explained how territories could become these.
What are states?
The Constitution created this number of branches of government.
What is three?
In the Senate, every state receives this number of senators.
What is two?
The Articles of Confederation created a ______ federal government.
What is a weak federal government
The Articles allowed Congress to create this form of money.
What is currency/coin money
A territory needed this many free settlers to apply for statehood.
What is 60,000?
This plan favored large states because representation was based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
In the House of Representatives, representation is based on this.
What is population?
Under the Articles, Congress could not collect this directly from citizens without permission from the states. The states could say no.
What are Taxes
Congress could only request states send these for defense.
What are soldiers/troops?
The Northwest Ordinance banned this in the Northwest Territory.
What is slavery?
This plan favored small states because each state received equal representation.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
The compromise that counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
The Articles did not include this executive position.
What is a president
This requirement made passing laws slow under the Articles.
What is approval from 9 states?
This 1786 uprising involved farmers protesting taxes and debt.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
The compromise that settled the dispute between large and small states.
What is the Great Compromise?
This region wanted enslaved people counted to increase representation.
What is the South?
To amend the Articles of Confederation, this many states had to agree.
What is thirteen
This weakness made it difficult for the government to pay debts.
What is the inability to tax citizens?
Shay's Rebellion convinced many Americans that this needed to happen.
What is creating a stronger national government/new Constitution?
The Great Compromise created these two parts of Congress.
What are the Senate and House of Representatives?
The Three-Fifths Compromise temporarily resolved disagreements over this issue.
What is slavery and representation?