Quiz on the Articles of Confederation

How did the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation affect the delegates to the Annapolis Convention in 1786?

• They decided to give greater power to state governments.

• They asked the states to send representatives to revise the Articles.

• They drafted a bill of rights to protect the liberties of individual citizens.

• They encouraged groups of states to enter into their own separate arrangements.

What was an important consequence of each state setting its own taxes on imported goods under the Articles of Confederation?

• Debtors demanded that state governments print more paper money.

• Merchants demanded the Articles be revised to promote more trade.

• State governments demanded the right to tax exports as well as imports.

• Merchants demanded that the Confederation Congress create a national bank.

How did Shay’s Rebellion contribute to the desire to revise the Articles of Confederation?

• Poor farmers felt they were not being treated fairly by the states.

• Debtors wanted a stronger national government that would create a stable currency.

• Property owners feared the national government was not strong enough to put down a rebellion.

• Veterans from the Continental Army wanted a stronger national government that could pay their back pay.

Which speaker is most likely to have wanted to keep the Articles of Confederation?

• Speaker 1

• Speaker 2

• Speaker 3

• Speaker 4

Why did many Americans feel a need to revise the Articles of Confederation?

• They wanted to give more power to the upper classes.

• They wanted to provide the right to vote to all citizens.

• They wanted to provide better safeguards for individuals' rights of life, liberty, and property.

• They wanted to create a stronger national government to protect Americans from invasion or domestic unrest.

What is a unitary system of government?

• The central government is all-powerful. It even has the right to replace or eliminate local governments.

• A government where power is divided between a central government and local governments.

• A government where each state has its own independent government.

• A government where citizens make all the decisions collectively.

What is a common weakness of a confederation or confederal system of government?

• Lack of a central authority to enforce laws and decisions; power mainly rests with the state governments and not the central government.

• Excessive concentration of power in a single government body

• Over Reliance on local governments without coordination

• Strong influence of a monarch over state affairs

How did The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 address the issue of slavery in the Northwest Territory?

• It allowed for the expansion of slavery in the territory.

• It prohibited slavery in the territory.

• It left the decision on slavery to individual states within the territory.

• It only applied to the southern part of the territory, leaving the northern part open to slavery.

After the signing of the Declaration of Independence, how did the colonies proceed to establish their own governments?

• They had difficulties and did not set up their own government.

• Each colony became a free, independent state and set up its own government.

• The British government continued to govern the former colonies.

• They established a monarchy to rule over all the colonies.

What was the "league of friendship" in the context of the Articles of Confederation?

• A trade agreement between the original thirteen colonies.

• An alliance between the United States and European nations.

• A term used to describe the relationship between the federal government and individual states under the Articles of Confederation.

• A military pact formed among the Southern states.