Checkpoint 11: In Search Of A Constitution

Which country closed off navigation to American shipping on the Mississippi River?

Spain

How did the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom impact the development of the US government?

The First Amendment prevented Congress from establishing a state religion.

Which is true about the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

The Northwest Ordinance banned the institution of slavery in the Northwest Territories.

Which features of the Massachusetts Constitution later influenced the writers of the US Constitution?

bicameral legislature and power of veto

Which ideas in the US Constitution were included earlier in Georgia's constitution?

separation of powers, basic rights for individuals

Why did Congress have difficulty paying the country's war debts after the Revolution?

Congress did not have the power to tax under the Articles of Confederation.

What document did a territory need to create when it applied for statehood?

Constitution

What was Jefferson's view of government and religion?

He believed that church and state should be separate.

How did the Articles of Confederation give limited powers to the national government?

It could not tax the people.

How did the Land Ordinance of 1785 help to settle and develop western lands?

It set up a system to survey and divide western lands. It set aside one section of a township for building a school.

Which state abolished slavery in its initial constitution?

Massachusetts

Read the description. a plan by military officers to revolt against the Congress because it could not pay them for their war service What event is being described?

Newburgh Conspiracy

Read the quote. "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." How did the Articles of Confederation successfully implement this ideal from the Declaration of Independence?

The articles gave equal voting power to all states in the Congress. The articles required nine or more of the 13 states to approve new laws.

The Northwest Ordinance banned the institution of slavery in the Northwest Territories.

The country's leaders feared that the Articles of Confederation could not maintain order.

Which features of the Magna Carta influenced the Articles of Confederation?

The power of the central government is limited. People have certain rights that even a king or queen could not violate.