Articles to Constitution

Under the Articles of Confederation,

• each state had one vote in the lawmaking house

• a president carried out the nation's laws

• a national court system interpreted the nation's laws

• the nation had a strong central government

The Federalists

• opposed the ratification of the Constitution

• opposed a strong central government

• supported the division of the United States into 13 separate nations

• feared that the Articles of Confederation could not keep the country united

The US federal system of government was established by

• Magna Carta

• the Constitution

• the Articles of Confederation

• the English Bill of Rights

It was difficult to pass laws under the Articles of Confederation because

• passage required the votes of 9 out of 13 states

• passage required unanimous vote of the 13 states

• the government did not have a legislature

• Americans were content to follow British laws

To ensure that national laws are carried out, the Constitution provides for a

• Supreme Court

• army and a navy

• two-house legislature

• president and an executive branch

The most serious disagreement at the Constitutional Convention arose over the issue of

• representation in the legislature

• whether to have a king or a president

• the Canadian border

• the location of the nation's capital

When the Constitution was first sent to the states for approval, it

• was immediately approved by the required number of states

• was hotly debated by the Federalists and Antifederalists

• contained a bill of rights

• was rewritten by each of the states and sent back to the Constitutional Convention

The writers of the Articles of the Confederation wanted to preserve

• the powers of the new federal government

• their diplomatic alliance with King George III

• the states' sovereignty

• their own individual powers within the new government

All of the following were weaknesses in the national government under the Articles of Confederation EXCEPT

• Congress lacked the power to collect taxes.

• Congress could not pay the soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War

• Congress would not control trade between the states

• Congress granted too much power to the executive branch.

The delegates to the Constitutional Convention were responsible for

• drafting the Declaration of Independence

• establishing the US government

• creating the Articles of Confederation

• the American Revolution