USH Unit 6 Review 1

Following the American Revolution, what did Congress fear about a strong central government?

• states would have too much power

• rights for which people fought would be lost

• another war would occur between Great Britain and America

• laws would be passed to prevent people from settling in new territories

One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that Congress could not

• declare war.

• impose taxes.

• set up a postal system.

• create an army and navy.

What was America's first constitution called?

• American Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Republic Plan

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...

• tax citizens directly

• form an army

• print money

• create laws

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 the agreement of how many states?

• nine

• seven

• six

• ALL

To change the Articles of Confederation, how many states had to agree to the change?

• ALL of them

• seven

• nine

• ten

Because this branch was missing under the Articles of Confederation the government had no power to enforce its laws?

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

• Congress

Which group created the Articles of Confederation?

• First Continental Congress

• Confederation Congress

• The Annapolis Convention delegates

• Second Continental Congress