Articles of Confederation

Under the Articles of Confederation, what branches of government were missing?

• Judicial

• Legislative

• All branches were missing

• Executive

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What was the biggest weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• It had a weak central/Federal government

• The three branches of government all agreed on taxation.

• Only the Judicial Branch could pass laws

• All citizens of the U.S. had to vote and with 51% majority pass the law

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How was power distributed under the Articles of Confederation? 

• States held less power than the national government.

• Power was distributed evenly between state and national governments

• The national government held all power.

• States held more power than the national government

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Why did our Founding Fathers choose to make the Articles of Confederation weak? 

• They were lazy and in a hurry to go on vacation.

• They did not want a government to take away people's freedoms like they felt England had.

• They were hoping to make up and go back to being an English colony.

• They did not want people to pay taxes

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Match the definition to the correct vocabulary term. 

• Constitution

• a written document that outlines a country’s government.

• Confederation

• a piece of writing included with others; has a specific purpose

• Articles of Confederation

• a loose alliance of countries, states, and other political units in which each unit maintains most or all power over itself

• Unicameral Legislature

• America’s first written constitution; had many limitations that hindered the smooth functioning of the government.

• Article

• a one house legislature

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The Articles of Confederation failed due to their weaknesses.  Choose the weaknesses from the list below. (4)

• Congress could not collect taxes from states

• The National Government lacked central leadership

• Congress could not regulate trade

• Congress could not enforce laws

• Congress could not run a post office

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The image below is a political carton illustrating the Articles of Confederation. What is the artists trying to tell the American people about the AOCs? 

• We need a bigger boat!

• Weakness bring storms but we can sail through.

• All the weaknesses will sink the new government.

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Under the Articles of Confederation, the states had a lot of power, but they couldn’t agree on anything. This was a major challenge because the national government depended on the states cooperating. This distribution of power made the U.S. government inefficient.

• True

• False

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