Articles of Confederation

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

Americans were afraid that a __?__ would lead to tyranny, or oppressive rule.

• strong state government
• weak government
• strong central government
• legslature

Under the Articles of Confederation, how many votes did each state get?

• Zero
• One
• Two 
• Three

Why was this first U.S. government so weak?

• King George III was still in charge of USA

• Americans were afraid to give their new government too much power

• The American army did not win their independence from Great Britain and King George III

• Americans allowed the states to trade amongst themselves

Because of the Articles of Confederation the National Government could NOT regulate ______ among the states.

• food quality

• laws

• travel

• commerce (trade)

The Articles of Confederation made it impossible for the National Government to...

• amend the articles without ALL 13 states in favor.

• run the national post office.

• negotiate treaties.

• make peace.

Under the Articles of Confederation, there was no mandatory draft; therefore...

• the National Government could NOT force citizens to join the army.

• the National Government COULD force citizens to join the army.

• the National Government was so powerful.

• the National Government was mad at the states.

Under the Articles of Confederation, the National Government was allowed to...

• tax the states.

• conduct foreign relations.

• regulate trade between Virginia and Maryland.

• amend any articles they wanted to.

Making peace and negotiating treaties were two things that the National Government COULD do under the Articles of Confederation.

• True

• False