WorksheetsArticles of Confederation Multiple Choice Worksheet
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
Weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation:
Weakness — No power to enforce laws; Effect — The national government was dependent on the states to enforce laws.
Weakness — No executive branch; Effect — No way to enforce laws; no way to coordinate the work of the national government. Weakness — No judicial branch; Effect — No way to interpret laws or settle disputes between states.
How did these weaknesses impact the writing of the Constitution?
The Founding Fathers gave Congress the power to legislate.
The Founding Fathers created a government with three branches.
The Founding Fathers gave the states the power to interpret national laws?
The Founding Fathers created the office of president to settle disputes.
How did the U.S. Constitution solve a problem created by the Articles of Confederation?
It avoided the issue of states’ rights.
It allowed the states to elect representatives.
It prevented the amendment of federal laws.
It enabled the federal government to collect taxes.
What is the most likely reason it was difficult to pass laws under the Articles of Confederation?
Passage required a unanimous vote of the 13 states.
Passage required the votes of 9 of the 13 states.
The government did not have a legislature.
Americans were content to follow British laws.
Which of the following might have caused people to oppose the Articles of Confederation?
Congress had the power to collect taxes.
Congress could not pay the soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War.
Congress controlled trade between the states.
Congress granted too much power to the executive branch.
What sort of government was established by the Articles of Confederation?
a loose association of states
a union in which some states had more power than others
a firm union of states
a federal arrangement with a strong central government
Because this branch was missing under the Articles of Confederation the government had no power to enforce its laws?
Judicial
Legislative
Executive
Congress
Which of the following was NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
there was no way to make laws
there was no way to enforce laws
there was no way to judge laws
there was only one branch
This event demonstrated to the country that the Articles were too weak?
the Boston Tea Party
the Stamp Act
Shay’s Rebellion
the Boston Massacre
Under the Articles most of the power resided with?
the States
the Central government
the national government
the people
