Articles Of Confederation Question Preview (ID: 58196)

a) They did not want anyone to have TOO MUCH POWER

b) They did not think they needed a central government

c) The states wanted to be their own countries

d) They wanted anarchy

a) The President

b) Congress

c) States

d) Supreme Court

a) They were hoping to make up and go back to being an English colony.

b) They did not want a government to take away people's liberty.

c) They did not want people to pay taxes.

d) They were hoping that George Washington would become king.

a) US Constitution

b) Articles of Confederation

c) Magna Carta

d) Declaration of Independence

a) The government did not have a Congress where laws can pass.

b) States needed to have a 2/3 majority for laws to pass. (9/13 states)

c) All the states had to agree for a law to pass.

d) Americans liked the laws from England, they just hated their taxes.

a) It was unfair to states with a small population

b) Some states did not want to vote

c) Some people believed that it would be better to be ruled by a king.

d) It was unfair to states with large populations

a) States had to follow the laws

b) States would have to do the same in their states

c) Congress would fine states that didn't follow the law

d) Congress could not enforce it, and states would not follow it

a) there was no president or courts

b) there were no taxes

c) states were different sizes

d) Ms. Le Vine wasn't in charge

a) Southern states did not like Northern states

b) large states and small states had different needs

c) they each made up their own laws

d) they liked to bully each other

a) They wanted to eventually return to the British Empire

b) They believed that if the country was weak, then it would not go into any more wars

c) They wanted to make sure that the Judicial Branch was the most powerful

d) They did not want the federal government to tax people like the British did.

a) 2

b) 1

c) 4

d) 3

a) They all printed their own money so it could not be used in another state

b) They didn't want to do business

c) They taxed each other too much

d) Congress had laws preventing them to do business

a) The states didn't think they needed an army

b) Their was no President or Generals to lead the army

c) They could not tax the states, so when they asked for money the states said no

d) They didn't have enough soldiers left after the American Revolution

a) One Chamber in Congress, all states get 2 votes

b) One Chamber in Congress, all states get votes based on population

c) Two Chamber in Congress: one vote per state in the House of Representatives, and one vote in the Senate per state

d) Two chambers in Congress: in House of Representatives votes based by population, Senate every states gets 2 votes

a) The central government would be STRONGER and have a PRESIDENT

b) states would lose their individual freedoms

c) Ms. Le Vine would become governor of New Jersey

d) States would all pay the same taxes