HIST 1377 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Atlantic Slave Trade, Northwest Ordinance, Ethnic Nationalism
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The questions on the exam will be testing you on these learning objectives. You should be able to identify and give the importance of each of the following terms, events, and people. These are great study questions from your book. I have included a simplified outline of the chapter catalogued by the learning objectives for the exam. Identify the achievements and problems of the confederation government. The first written constitution of the united states: one-house congress, no president, no judiciary. The only powers granted to the national government were those for declaring war, conducting foreign affairs, and making treaties: amending required unanimous state approval, no proposed amendment ever passed. Congress established national control over land to the west of the thirteen states and devised rules for its settlement. In the immediate aftermath of independence, congress took the position that by aiding the british, indians had forfeited the right to their lands.
