3.01 A New Confederation

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Articles of Confederation and Land Ordinances Review

Answer questions about the Articles of Confederation and the Land Ordinances.

1. Headed the committee that drafted the Articles of Confederation
   1. John Adams
   2. John Dickinson
   3. George Washington
   4. Daniel Shays

   Answer: b. John Dickinson

2. The last state to ratify the Articles of Confederation
   1. Virginia
   2. Delaware
   3. Maryland
   4. New Hampshire

   Answer: c. Maryland

3. When a governmental authority imposes or collects a tax
   1. duty
   2. unicameral
   3. tariff
   4. levy

   Answer: d. levy

4. The first constitution of the United States
   1. Articles of Confederation
   2. U.S. Constitution
   3. Unicameral Congress
   4. Land Ordinance of 1785

   Answer: a. Articles of Confederation

5. The government under our first constitution had only one branch, which was a _______blank congress or a congress with one house.
   1. unicameral
   2. bicameral
   3. confederation
   4. republic

   Answer: a. unicameral

6. Plan for the sale of the Old Northwest territory, west of the Appalachian Mountains; divided the land into 36 square mile townships and subdivided them into one square mile lots, which were to be sold to finance Revolutionary War debt
   1. Homestead Act of 1788
   2. Land Purchase Act of 1786
   3. Land Ordinance of 1787
   4. Land Ordinance of 1785

   Answer: d. Land Ordinance of 1785

7. Outlined a plan for statehood for the Old Northwest territory (the territory later yielded 5 states: Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin)
   1. Homestead Act of 1788
   2. Land Purchase Act of 1786
   3. Land Ordinance of 1787
   4. Land Ordinance of 1785

   Answer: c. Land Ordinance of 1787

8. The number of settlers that the territory had to reach before they would be granted statehood
   1. 50,000
   2. 60,000
   3. 25,000
   4. 100,000

   Answer: b. 60,000

9. The 16th section of each township was set apart for _______blank; a purposeful decision by Congress to educate the youth of the new republic
   1. Government buildings
   2. Public libraries
   3. Public schools
   4. Public meeting place

   Answer: c. Public schools

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