Articles of Confederation & Constitutional Convention

What was the first Constitution of the United States?

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• The Federalist Papers

The first Constitution of the United States was written during the ________.

• American Revolution

• Civil War

• World War I

• French Revolution

What was one of the accomplishments of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

• It allowed slavery in new territories.

• It outlined how to admit new states.

• It declared independence from Britain.

• It established the first U.S. bank.

Fill in the blank: The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 banned ______ in new territories.

• slavery

• democracy

• trade

• taxation

What was the main weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• the federal government was too weak

• It had no legislative branch

• The judicial was too powerful

• The executive was too powerful

A weakness of the Articles of Confederation is that it had __________ . 

• only an executive branch
• only a legislative branch
• No Legislative or Judicial Branch

• No Executive (President) or Legislative Branch.

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

• tax
• ask
• demand
• force

Who had more power under the Articles of Confederation?

• Federal Government
• State Governments
• Individual people
• States with larger populations

Under the Articles of Confederation, how many votes did each state get?

• Zero
• One
• Two 
• Three

Why was this first U.S. government so weak?

• King George III  was still in charge of USA
• Americans were afraid to give their new government too much power
• The American army did not win their independence from Great Britain and King George III
• ask; no