Articles of Confederation

Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had no power to tax so....

Select all that apply (2)

• the government was always short on money

• they borrowed money from France

• the United Sates was rich

• the government had to ask the states for money

Under the Articles of Confederation, there was no court system, so.....

select 2

• nobody ever went to court

• the central government had no power to settle disputes between states

• more and more issues within the country arose without resolution

• Great Britain took over

Under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power was where?

• Legislative branch
• the president
• the states
• national government

Who led the farmers against the government of Massachusetts?

• Daniel Shays
• the Government
• all of the farmers were leaders
• Thomas Hobbes

Under the Articles of Confederation, how many votes did each state get when voting on a new law?

• Zero
• One
• Two 
• Three

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

• tax
• ask
• demand
• force

What is a system of government where most of the power lies with individual states?

• federation

• republic

• confederation

• parliament

What was the first constitution of the United States?

• Articles of Confederation

• U.S. Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

Look at the political cartoon. What message is it giving?

• The Articles were written on a ship.

• The Articles sailed away to another country.

• The Articles were a broken document and could not keep the new United States "afloat" with all its weaknesses.

What message is the political cartoon sending about the Articles of Confederation?

• People begged after the Revolutionary War.

• The states were not nice.

• Congress was unable to tax states , so they the government had to ask states to volunteer to contribute money to run the country.