Creating a New Government

Under the Articles of Confederation, the government consisted of _______________ branch of government.

• 3
• 2
• 1
• 4

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.

Under the Articles of Confederation, America used a national currency (money)

• True
• False

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

• true
• false

The Articles of Confederation created a _________________ type of government.

• strong
• average
• weak
• federal

Who had all the power under the Articles of Confederation?

• the people

• the states

• congress

• the president

What was discussed during the Constitutional Convention?

• Declaration of Independence

• going to war with Britain

• going to war with France

• creating the Constitution

What event finally made states realize that the Articles of Confederation was not working?

• a possible war with Britain

• debts owed to foreign countries

• Shay's Rebellion

• corruption among the states

What was the Great Compromise?

• Congress would have two houses, one where every state (even small states) would get one delegate and the other house each states would get a number of delegates proportional to the size of the state

• taxes would decrease

• the writing of the Constitution

• throwing out the Articles of Confederation

Under the Constitution, Congress consists of

• unicameral legislature

• House and Senate

• Congress and Senate

• executive and judicial branch