Articles of Confederation Quiz Review :>

Why were the articles of confederation created?

• Create a new, national government that could deal with such issues as managing war

• Coordinate colonial governments so they could choose leaders of the Continental Army

• Help manage the American Revolution, then be dissolved.

• List and protect the rights that all Americans had.

What debate took place during the writing of the Articles of Confederation?

• How foreign treaties should be negotiated and ratified

• How the president would be chosen

• How senators would be selected, and how often they would be selected

• How representation between states would be determined.

A success under the Articles of Confederations was:

• Ratification of mutual defense treaties with France Spain

• The complete pay-off of left over war debt

• The Northwest Ordnance, which allowed for more states to be added and banned slavery in the Northwest Territory.

• The election of George Washington as the United States' first president

Where there more failures or successes in the Articles of Confederations?

• Successes

• Failures

A key problem experienced under the Articles of Confederations was:

• Congress could go act directly on individual citizens

• Congress had to rely on sometimes unwilling states for tax revenue

• Only a simple majority was needed to pass laws

• No term limits on the president or members of Congress

One of the major debates that took place during the writings of the articles of confederations was over:

• How foreign treaties should be negotiated and ratified

• How the president would be chosen

• How senators would be selected, and how often they would be selected

• How representation between states would be determined

Who had the most power, the states' or the nation's government?

• The states

• The government