Chapter 7 Section 1: From Confederation to Constitution

The Articles of Confederation limited the ability of Congress to impose _____________ and regulate ______________ between states in order to raise funds to pay the debt from the American Revolution.

• taxes; money

• tariffs; debtors

• taxes; trade

• tariffs; armies

The first governing document of the United States, effective from 1781-1787, is known as the ______________________ .

• Constituion

• Congress

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

Finish this statement: "The Articles of Confederation sucked because they were too ____________ . "

• awesome

• weak

• strict

• difficult to understand

Which is NOT a state located in what was once the Northwest Territory?

• Wisconsin

• Iowa

• Indiana

• Michigan

What forms the southern border of the Northwest Territory?

• Ohio River

• The Great Lakes

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains

Federalism divides power between _________________ .

• the Senate and the House of Representatives.

• the governor and legislature.

• the people and the government.

• state and federal governments.

The Articles of Confederation's BIGGEST problem is that it could not...

• collect taxes to pay their Revolutionary War debts.

• regulate trade between states.

• raise a standing army.

• form states in the Northwest Territory.

The President of Congress United under the Articles of Confederation was...

• John Hanson

• George Washington

• Edmund Randolph

• Ben Franklin

Federalism is defined as " the ______________ of power between individual state governments and the federal government".

• addition

• multiplication

• subjugation

• division

Documents developed to define how territories, states, and nations should be governed are known as _______________ .

• declarations

• constitutions

• ordinances

• legislatures