WorksheetsArticles of Confederation
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the Articles of Confederation?
a)
a constitution written during the Civil War to ease hatred between North and South
b)
a constitution that guaranteed English rights to all colonists
c)
a constitution written during the Revolutionary War to set up our government
d)
a constitution written after the Revolutionary War to set up our government
2.
Congress couldn't tax. What is the effect of this?
a)
The Articles of Confed. created a weak national gov.
b)
States couls not settle disputes among themselves.
c)
It was hard to enforce national laws.
d)
Congress was always short of money.
3.
Which of the following is NOT a weakness of the Articles?
a)
weak national government
b)
Congress could NOT tax and NOT regulate trade
c)
There was one currency for the whole country.
d)
No executive or judicial branches
4.
Why did the Articles have a weak national government?
a)
We were tired of dealing with a strong national government like Britain's
b)
We didn't know how to make a strong national government.
c)
We liked Britain's strong national government.
d)
Weak national governments work better
5.
How many branches existed under the Articles of Confederation?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
6.
Which was the only branch under the Articles of Confederation?
a)
legislative
b)
executive
c)
judicial
d)
superficial
7.
Who liked the one-vote-one-state rule under the Articles of Confederation?
a)
states with big populations
b)
states with small populations
c)
southern states
d)
northern states
8.
Why did states print their own money?
a)
National (Congressional) money was worthless.
b)
States could not settle disputes among themselves.
c)
Each state only had one vote in Congress.
d)
Great Britain refused to leave the Ohio River Valley.
9.
What is currency?
a)
money
b)
control
c)
a branch of government
d)
Congress
10.
Which branch carries out the laws?
a)
executive
b)
legislative
c)
judicial
d)
arboreal
11.
Which branch makes the laws?
a)
executive
b)
legislative
c)
judicial
d)
arboreal
12.
Which branch determines whether the laws are constitutional?
a)
executive
b)
legislative
c)
judicial
d)
arboreal
13.
What is commerce?
a)
trade
b)
money
c)
control
d)
Congress
14.
When each side gives up a little to make an agreement it is called. . .
a)
a compromise
b)
a currency
c)
a commerce
d)
a Congress
15.
Someone who represents people who have chosen him/her.
a)
a delegate
b)
a compromise
c)
a judge
d)
a branch
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