First Draft Democracy Handout
First Draft Democracy
Do Now • Articles & Northwest Ordinance
Name:
Date: Period:
Part 1 Vocabulary Match
[A] Sovereign
[B] Articles
[C] Shays' Rebellion
[D] Territory
[E] Ordinance
1. The original constitution of the US; left national government weak and states sovereign.
2. An armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers that exposed major weaknesses of the national congress.
3. Possessing supreme, independent authority or power; completely self-governing.
4. Landmark 1787 law that organized western lands and established a clear path to equal statehood.
5. The vast, newly organized region north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River.
Part 2 Which Document?
Fill in each blank using either Articles or Ordinance.
1. If you wanted to check where slavery was banned in the new west, you would read the .
2. If you wanted to protest that Congress was unable to tax citizens to pay war debts, you would blame the .
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First Draft Democracy
Do Now • Articles & Northwest Ordinance
Name:
Date: Period:
Part 1 Vocabulary Match
[A] Sovereign
[B] Articles
[C] Shays' Rebellion
[D] Territory
[E] Ordinance
1. The original constitution of the US; left national government weak and states sovereign.
2. An armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers that exposed major weaknesses of the national congress.
3. Possessing supreme, independent authority or power; completely self-governing.
4. Landmark 1787 law that organized western lands and established a clear path to equal statehood.
5. The vast, newly organized region north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River.
Part 2 Which Document?
Fill in each blank using either Articles or Ordinance.
1. If you wanted to check where slavery was banned in the new west, you would read the .
2. If you wanted to protest that Congress was unable to tax citizens to pay war debts, you would blame the .
