Unit 2-A: A New Nation Review

List the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

• No power to tax

• No power to raise its owns troops

• No power to regulate trade

• All of the Above

The Articles of Confederation was the first ________________ for the United States

• Plan/Constitution

• Declaration

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

The States were ____________ under the Articles of Confederation

• Powerful

• Weak

• Limited

• Restricted

Laws were difficult to pass under the Articles of Confederation because?

• The Judicial Branch had the power

• The Executive Branch had the power

• All 13 states had to agree

• The Legislative Branch had the power

Under the Articles of Confederation everyone thought the central government should have the power

• True

• False

The _________________ branch of government was the only branch during the Articles of Confederation

• Executive

• Judicial

• Legislative

• House of Lords

The Virginia Plan favored the __________________ States

• Large

• Small

The New Jersey Plan favored the ______________ states

• Large

• Small

The Articles of Confederation gave most power to the

• Central Government

• Federal Government

• National Government

• State Government

The Legislative Branch is responsible for

• Making Laws

• Enforcing the Laws

• Interpreting the Laws

• Delegating the Laws