Constitution Exit Slip 1

Which came first?

• The Articles of Confederation
• The U.S. Constitution

True or False: The Articles of Confederation allowed the Federal government to collect taxes.

• True
• False

True or False: The Articles of Confederation created three branches of government so that each could check the powers of the others.

• True
• False

True or False: In order to graduate 8th grade, the state of Illinois requires you to pass a Constitution test. 

• True
• False

The founding fathers purposely made the Articles of Confederation __________________ because they did not want to repeat what had happened to them under the British.

• Strong
• Weak