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  • True or False: To make changes to the Articles of Confed 50% of the states had to agree.
    FALSE - changes required UNANIMOUS (100%) of the states to agree
  • Which 2 branches of government were lacking in the Articles of Confederation?
    Executive and Judicial
  • Which is NOT true under the Articles of Confederation?
    The government feared another revolution
    Army feared loss of payback
    Shop owners feared loss of trade
  • Which was NOT demanded by Shay's rebellion?
    national army
    lower taxes
    freedom from debtors
  • How did the Constitution solve a problem created by the Articles?
    It enabled the federal government to collect taxes
    It allowed states to elect a king
    It avoided the issue of states' rights
  • Why were the Articles of Confed ineffective?
    It gave Congress too much power
    It did not give the federal government enough power
    It prevented Congress from passing laws about the Northwest
  • Why was the gov'ts authority to regulate trade a weakness of the Articles?
    The courts unfairly prosecuted people.
    The President's ability to collect taxes burdened the poor.
    State's could choose who they wanted to trade with
  • What document replaced the Articles of Confederation?
    The Constitution
  • What was a major problem with the Articles of Confederation?
    High taxes
    Powerful military
    weak national government
    Strong state governments
  • What event showed the weaknesses of the national government?
    Shays' Rebellion
  • Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles?
    It did not have a judicial branch
    The President could spend the taxes as he wanted
    The judicial branch was too strong
  • True or False: The delegates felt the Articles of Confed were too weak.
    TRUE
  • True or False: Under the Articles of Confed the government could regulate trade.
    FALSE - the central gov't could NOT regulate trade under the AOC
  • What event took place when poor farmers were put in jail because for not pay their taxes?
    Shays' Rebellion
  • What is commerce?
    isolation
    trade
    conversation
    unemployment
  • True or False: Under the Articles of Confed the government could NOT tax.
    TRUE
  • The assembly who wanted to revise the Articles became known as:
    Constitutional Congress
    Confederational Congress
    Confedrational Convention
    Constitutional Convention
  • True or False: After the revolution, America suffered economic hardships.
    TRUE
  • How many states were required to amend the Articles of Confederation?
    13
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