American History CHP10
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- What could happen in a territory once the population reached 60,000?
- it could apply to become a state(statehood)
- Why couldn't states turn to Congress to resolve disputes among themselves?
- no federal court system existed
- Why did money(currency) become a problem under the Articles of Confederation?
- no federal laws regulated the printing of paper money
- Why couldn't Americans stand up for their international trade rights?
- the federal government had limited powers
- Whose permission would be necessary before the Articles of Confederation could be changed?
- All 13 of the states
- Why couldn't the Articles of Confederations pay its war debts?
- it couldn't tax citizens
- The ideas of republicanism made it possible for men from the working classes to hold public__________________for the first time.
- office
- Tell what Richard Allen did.
- encouraged education for black people through his Methodist church
- What was the Ordinance of 1785 supposed to do?
- divide the Northwest Territory
- ___________became less important than ever as a qualification to hold office.
- Religion(religious views)
- Who could collect taxes under the Articles of Confederation?
- Only the states could
- What is the Continental Congress's plan for a central government called?
- Articles of Confederation
- Discuss the problems created under the Articles of Confederations.
- 1. money troubles, leading to debts that couldn't be paid 2.problems with Britain and Spain, who didn't have to respect a weak United States with no military power 3. The probability that 13 states so weakly united would become 13 independent nations
- Under the new government who had the most power?
- the states
- Republicanism encouraged women to get _____________, so they could raise more intelligent children.
- education
- Who was appointed to govern the Northwest Territory?
- A governor and 3 judges
- What was forbidden in the Northwest Territory?
- slavery
- Define Republic
- government in which chosen(elected) representatives make the laws
- _____________became less tolerable as an institution in the more republican society.
- Slavery