articles of confederation

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

Fear of a Strong Central government, no way to protect the Country, What weakness was this ?

• No power to draft an army

• no national court system

Under the Articles of Confederation, the government consisted of _______________ branch of government.

• 3
• 2
• 1
• 4

The Articles of Confederation created a _________________ type of government.

• strong
• average
• weak
• federal

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

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

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

• tax
• ask
• demand
• force

What was banned in the Northwest Territory?

• slavery

• public education

• religious freedom

How did the provisions of the Northwest Ordiance affect U.S. expansion?

• By funding a transportation network in uninhabited regions

• By establishing a process for territories to govern themselves

• By promoting the growth of southern plantation economies

• By creating a national bank to loan money to land investors