9-2 Reteaching Activity The Confederation Era

1. What is the form of government in which representatives are elected to govern on behalf of the people? a republic

2. Before 1783 how did people establish a claim to land in the West? by settling on it

3. What was the purpose of the Land Ordinance of 1785? to provide an orderly method of settling land north of the Ohio River

Congress did not have enough money to provide troops. 4. Why didn’t Congress send troops to protect the settlers in the West?

5. How did Congress ensure that public schools would be set up in the lands north of the Ohio River? Revenues from the sale of one section of land in every township would be used for the creation of a public school. Revenues from the sale of one section of land in every township would be used for the creation of a public school.

6. What law of Congress concerned the process by which Northwest territories could apply for statehood? The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

7. How was the issue of slavery dealt with in the Northwest Territory? Slavery was prohibited.

8. What were economic conditions like after the Revolutionary War? The country had entered an economic depression.

9. Why was Continental money worthless? It was not backed by gold or silver.

10. Why was trade among the states so difficult? Each state printed its own money.

11. What was the cause of Shays’s Rebellion? Unhappy farmers rebelled against the seizure of their lands.

12. What was the effect of Shays’s Rebellion on Americans’ attitude toward their new government? Many Americans feared the new government would not be able to maintain order or help solve the nation’s problems.