Articles of Confederation | 1.6K plays

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Multiple Choice

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The Articles of Confederation were...

the King's plan for how to govern the newly freed colonies

the first Constitution

the first government of the U.S.

George Washington's plan for taking power as the new King

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Multiple Choice

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The Articles of Confederation limited the government's power by...

giving the most power to the president

preventing Congress from printing money

not allowing Congress to draft soldiers to the army

imposing a 15 year term limit on all members of Congress

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Multiple Choice

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True or False? The Articles of Confederation had a strong central government.

True

False

4.

Multiple Choice

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How many states did it require to pass any law through Congress?

5 out of 13

10 out of 13

9 out of 13

2 out of 13

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Multiple Choice

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True or False? Each state had the ability to make their own type of money.

True

False

6.

Multiple Choice

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This picture shows which weakness of the Articles?

no common currency

no executive branch

no power to tax

one vote for each state

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Multiple Choice

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In order to change (amend) the Articles of Confederation, __________ out of 13 states had to agree.

9

10

13

15

8.

Multiple Choice

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In the Articles of Confederation, where was most of the government power placed?

The States

The National Government

The Continental Congress

The Legislative Branch

9.

Multiple Choice

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Who led the farmers against the government of Massachusetts?

Daniel Shays

the Government

all of the farmers were leaders

Thomas Hobbes

10.

Multiple Choice

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Shays' Rebellion represented...

a success of the Articles of Confederation

a failure of the Articles of Confederation

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Multiple Choice

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The main cause for many of the rules in the Articles of Confederation was that the delegates at the Continental Congress...

did not want to give the states too much power because they'd proven they were willing to rebel against a government.

wanted to create a government that was identical to England's government.

were concerned about giving the central government too much power because the King had used his power unfairly.

wanted to unify the states together, which included creating one army and one type of currency.

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Multiple Choice

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Who was the president under the articles?

George Washington

Each governor voted on a president

The most senior Senator

There wasn't one

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