Unit 3 Quiz 5

No power to tax citizens was another weakness of the Articles of Confederation, Why do you think it was like that?

• Citizens wanted to protect individual states taxing power

• Fear of being over taxed

The Fear of one person having to much "Power" was what weakness of the "Articles of Confederation"?

• No power to request money

• No Chief Executive

• No power to tax

• all of the above

What event "showed congress how weak the Articles of Confederation was?

• Bacon Rebellion

• American Revolution

• Shay's Rebellion

• Constitution

Which branch of government existed when the Articles of Confederation was created?

• Legislative (congress)
• Judicial (Supreme court)
• Executive (President)
• Legislative, Executive, and Judicial

In the Articles of Confederation, where was most of the government power placed?

• The States
• The National Government
• The Continental Congress
• The Legislative Branch

Who was the president under the articles?

• George Washington

• Each governor voted on a president

• The most senior Senator

• There wasn't one

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

• tax
• ask
• demand
• force

this law set up a system for mapping and dividing western lands.

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

the sharing of powers between state and federal governments is called

• state power

• federal power

• federalism

• sectionalism

What was the 3/5ths Compromise?

• Slaves counted as 2/4ths of a person
• Slavery was outlawed
• Slaves counted as 3/5ths of a person
• Slaves in the South were set free