Articles and Convention

The weaknesses of the Articles of the Confederation led to an effort to create a new _____________.

• Proclamation of 1763
• Constitution
• Declaration of Independence
• Treaty of Paris 1783

The ________ Branch of government has courts which decide if laws are fair.

• Judicial
• Executive
• Legislative
• Bicameral

The ________ Branch of government is lead by the president and enforces the laws.

• Judicial
• Executive
• Legislative
• Bicameral

This was America's 1st constitution, which proved to weak to protect the American people.

• Articles of Confederation
• U.S. Constitution
• Bill of Rights
• Declaration of Human Rights

The Articles of Confederation was created during what war?

• Operation Iraqi Freedom
• World War 2
• Civil War
• American Revolution

Congress never had any money because under the Articles they did NOT have the power to ____.

• print money
• sell items to other countries
• tax
• spend money

Because of the Articles the government could NOT regulate ______ among the states.

• food quality
• laws
• travel
• commerce (trade)

Because of the Articles, each state got __ vote(s).

• 1
• 2
• 10
• more votes if more people live in that state

The Articles created a _____ national government.

• strong
• weak
• nope
• nope

Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles?

• national government taxed the states a lot
• created a very strong president
• all states used the same money
• could not regulate commerce (trade) among the states