U.S. Government

What is the name of the first written plan of government in America?

• Constitution
• Treaty of Paris
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation

Under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power was where?

• Legislative branch
• the president
• the states
• national government

Anti-Federalists preferred a strong ____________ government.

• National
• State
• Central
• Republican

What was the position of the group known as the Federalists?

• they supported a new Constitution
• they questioned the justice of slavery
• the feared the power of the national government
• the believed that states should have equal representation

Which is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress couldn't collect taxes

• Weak central government

• Problems with foreign countries

• All of the these

Under the Articles of Confederation Congress could only pass a law if ____________ out 13 states agreed. 

• 13
• 8
• 9
• 10

One weakness of the Articles of the Confederation was ____________. 

• The ability of Congress to tax.
• The inability of Congress to tax.
• The ability of Congress to declare war.
• The ability of Congress to create courts.

In order to change (amend) the Articles of Confederation,  __________ out of 13 states had to agree. 

• 9
• 10
• 13
• 15

Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress could regulate trade between the states.

• true
• false

The Northwest Ordinance established - 

• a process to add new states to the Union
• the end of slavery in the West
• the process for taking over Canada
• method to borrow money from foreign nations