Articles of Confederation Part 1

The Continental Congress set up the Northwest Ordinance to sell _______ to pay off the debt from the war.

• crops

• land

• slaves

• none of these

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

• Legislative branch

• the president

• the states

• national government

How many branches of government were there under the Articles of Confederation?

• One

• Zero

• Two

• Three

This picture shows which weakness of the Articles?

• no common currency

• no executive branch

• no power to tax

• one vote for each state

Under the Articles of Confederation, how many votes did each state get when voting on a new law?

• Zero

• One

• Two 

• Three

Who led the farmers against the government of Massachusetts?

• Daniel Shays

• the Government

• all of the farmers were leaders

• Thomas Hobbes

Which of the following was NOT a power of Congress under the Articles of Confederation?

• Create a plan for the Northwest Territory

• Negotiate treaties

• Levy taxes

• Declare war and peace

Shay's Rebellion started as a protest against

• unfair taxes and farmer debt

• the death penalty

• no judicial system

• debtors' prisons

Which is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress couldn't collect taxes

• Weak central government

• Provided for no common currency

• All of the these

Congress could ______ the states for money and troops but the states could say ____

• talk; no

• bargin; yes

• demand; yes

• ask; no