Gallery Walk Packet

Name: ____________________________________________________________

Direction: Use complete sentences when answering the following questions at each station, unless it says
otherwise.

Background on the Articles of Confederation:

1.) What primary power did the national government hold under the Articles of Confederation?

2.) How states had to approve a bill before it became a law? How many had to approve an amendment?

3.) How were members of the Confederation Congress selected?

 Excerpt from the Articles of Confederation
Directions: As your group reads the articles, write a one-sentence summary of each numbered section.
Article
/ 1-2 sentence summary
Section

II.
Articles of

III.
Confederation

IV.

V.
 Articles of Confederation Political Cartoon
Analyzing a Political Cartoon
Meet the cartoon.
Quickly scan the cartoon. What do you notice first?

What is the title or caption of the cartoon?

Observe its parts.

Words Visuals
Are there labels, descriptions, thoughts, or List the people, objects, and places in the cartoon
dialogue?

List the actions or activities happening in the cartoon

Try to make sense of it.

Words
List adjectives that describe the emotions portrayed.

Who drew this cartoon?

When is it from? (date)

What event or issue is being described?

 Land Ordinance and Northwest Ordinance of 1787:

1.) How did the United States become “land rich?”

2.) If the government was able to spread the population west, what would they use the money for?

3.) Briefly explain below how the Land Ordinance divided up the land. (Don’t rewrite the entire
paragraph, just pick out at least 3-4 important factors….you can use bullets here)

4.) What was the difference between the Land Ordinance and Northwest Ordinance?

5.) Which territories became states due to the Northwest Ordinance?

 Excerpts from the Northwest Ordinance
Directions: As your group reads the articles, answer the questions that follow for each.
Article
Art. 1 Summarize the meaning of Article 1:

Art. 2. What rights are guaranteed to all people living in the Northwest Territory:

Art. 3. There are 2 ideas stressed in Article III. What are they?

1.

2.
Article

Art. 4 The main idea behind article 4:

Art. 6. What does Article 6 prevent in the Northwest Territory? But, what does it allow?
 Background on Shays Rebellion:
1.) What was Shay’s Rebellion?

2.) Fill in the flowchart below.

Causes of Shay’s Rebellion Effects of Shay’s Rebellion

3.) What was the motivation behind States’ delegates wanting to change the Articles of Confederation?

4.) What type of government did delegates believe needed to be developed?

5.) If Shay’s Rebellion had not taken place, do you think the Articles of Confederation would exist today?
Or exist for a longer period? Why or why not.
 Shay’s Rebellion Image
Analyzing a Political Cartoon
Meet the cartoon.
Quickly scan the cartoon. What do you notice first?

What is the title or caption of the cartoon?

Observe its parts.

Words Visuals
Are there labels, descriptions, thoughts, or List the people, objects, and places in the cartoon
dialogue?

List the actions or activities happening in the cartoon

Try to make sense of it.

Words
List adjectives that describe the emotions portrayed.

Who drew this cartoon?

When is it from? (date)

What event or issue is being described here?