AOC & US CONS

What is the name of the first written plan of government in America?

• Constitution

• Treaty of Paris

• US Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

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

• Legislative branch
• the president
• the states
• national government

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

• Zero
• One
• Two 
• Three

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

This picture shows which weakness of the Articles?

• no common currency
• no executive branch
• no power to tax
• one vote for each state

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

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

The Articles of Confederation created a ________ central government

• weak
• strong

For any changes to the Articles or new laws Congress needed ______ 13 states to agree.

• all
• 7 of the
• 6 of the
• 10 of the

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

• true
• false

Under the Articles of Confederation, each state got __________ vote. 

• 3 
• 2
• 1
• 5