Tag the questions with any skills you have. Your dashboard will track each student's mastery of each skill.
Give this quiz to my class
Q 1/18
Score 0
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
120
Articles of Confederation
Q 2/18
Score 0
a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed
120
Northwest Ordinance
18 questions
Q.
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
1
120 sec
Q.
a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed
2
120 sec
Q.
(1781- 1787) The new nation faced many problems under the Articles of Confederation.
3
120 sec
Q.
A series of attacks on courthouses by a small band of farmers led by Revolutionary War Captain Daniel Shays to block foreclosure proceedings.
4
120 sec
Q.
A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
5
120 sec
Q.
Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house
6
120 sec
Q.
Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes (negated by the 13th amendment)
7
120 sec
Q.
an agreement during the Constitutional Convention protecting slave holders; denied Congress the power to tax the export of goods from any State, and, for 20 years, the power to act on the slave trade
8
120 sec
Q.
A philosophy of limited government with elected representatives serving at the will of the people. The government is based on consent of the governed.
9
120 sec
Q.
a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states
10
120 sec
Q.
A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
11
120 sec
Q.
A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
12
120 sec
Q.
government structure in which government actions are limited by law
13
120 sec
Q.
A change to the Constitution
14
120 sec
Q.
Formal approval
15
120 sec
Q.
A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures.
16
120 sec
Q.
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government, generally.
17
120 sec
Q.
a series of 85 essays written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay (using the name "publius") published in NY newspapers and used to convince readers to adopt the new constitution
