Articles of confederation strengths and weaknesses

How many states had to approve the proposed laws under the Articles of Confederation?

• 8 of 13

• 9 of 13

• all 13

The only branch that existed in the Articles of Confederation was the

• executive branch (carry out laws)

• judicial (judge laws are fair)

• legislative (makes the laws)

How many states had to approve any changes to the Articles?

• All

• 1

• 9 of 13

The Central Government had ____________ power under the Articles of Confederation.

• more

• less

• no

Select all of the weaknesses

(multiple choice answer - select more than 1)

• Congress couldn't tax

• weak central government

• borrowed money

• one vote per state

What kind of government was there in 1777?

• Strong central government

• Weak central government

• I have no clue

• No government at all

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

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

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