Articles of Confederation

What was the main weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• the federal government was too weak

• It had no legislative branch

• The judicial was too powerful

• The executive was too powerful

A weakness of the Articles of Confederation is that it had __________ . 

• only an executive branch
• only a legislative branch
• only a judicial branch
• an executive and legislative branch

One major problem with the Articles of Confederation is that Congress could not ______ the citizens to raise money.

• tax
• ask
• demand
• force

Who had more power under the Articles of Confederation?

• Federal Government
• State Governments
• Individual people
• States with larger populations

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

• 9 of the

• 7 of the

• 6 of the

• 10 of the

Which group created the Articles of Confederation?

• First Continental Congress
• Confederation Congress
• The Annapolis Convention delegates
• Second Continental Congress

What treaty ended the Revolutionary War?

• The Civil War Treaty
• The Treaty of Paris
• The Revolutionary War Treaty
• The Northwest Treaty

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

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

This picture shows which weakness of the Articles?

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

The Northwest Ordinance provided a pathway for territories to apply for

• statehood
• federal funding
• infrastructure grants