Articles of Confederation

What was the name of the United State's first governing document?

• Articles of Confederation

• Articles of the Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• Confederation Constitution

The United States operated as a confederation for about _______ years.

• 8

• 7

• 11

• 13

Who wrote the Articles of Confederation?

• John Dickinson

• James Madison

• King George III

• Thomas Jefferson

A confederal system was chosen for the new United States. This means

• the central government had most of the power

• the states had most of the powers

• governing powers were divided equally between the central and the state governments

• governing powers were divided unequally between the central government and the state governments

The governing document for the confederation created one unit called the

• Confederation Congress

• Second Continental Congress

• Constitutional Congress

• Continental Confederal Congress

Each state had ___(1)_____ vote(s) in the congress without regard to ______(2)_______.

• (1) one

  (2) population

• (1) two

  (2) state power structure

• (1) one

  (2) the number of slaves in the state

• (1) two

  (2) the wealth of the delegate

The single chamber congress in the confederal system and the voting structure resulted in less populated states having ______ power in government than/to larger populated states.

• equal

• more

• less

The congress under the confederal system had all of these powers except for one. Which one?

• Conduct foreign relations

• regulate interstate commerce

• admit new states to the union

• establish post offices

Which one of these powers was NOT given to the central government (the congress) in the confederation.

• power to tax

• power to print money

• power to raise an army

• power to declare war

The confederation did not have a head of state (e.g., someone like a president) leading the nation because ____________.

• the central government had no executive branch

• the central government had no judicial branch

• the central government had no legislative branch

• the central government did not need a head of state because every individual state had a governor