USG Quiz 2.3 - The Critical Period

Every one of the 13 states had to ratify the Articles of Confederation before it became effective.

• True

• False

The Articles set up three branches of government.

• True

• False

After the Revolutionary War came a 10 year period of domestic harmony.

• True

• False

Economic issues first motivated Americans to get together to discuss the effectiveness of the Articles of Confederation.

• True

• False

As far as Congress was concerned, the main purpose of a 1787 convention in Philadelphia was to revise the Articles of Confederation.

• True

• False

Which of the following was a power given to Congress by the Articles of Confederation?

• The power to tax

• The power to appoint a presiding officer

• The power to regulate State trade

• all are correct

The main reason that no amendments were ever added to the Articles of Confederation was that -

• amendments were not needed because everyone was happy with the document as it was written

• Jefferson wrote the Articles and his work was considered nearly perfect

• Amendments needed the consent of all 13 state legislatures

• Congress mandated that amendments could not be made

Which of the following was NOT a reason for changing the Articles of Confederation in the mid-1780s?

• States bickered among themselves

• Economic chaos spread among the former colonies

• Violence broke out in several places

• The Articles allowed slavery to continue

Delegates met at Annapolis to -

• recommend a federal plan for regulating commerce

• recommend a way to start a national army

• recommend ways to end slavery

• attend a social gathering in honor of George Washington

The main concern of the rebels who carried out Shays' Rebellion was to protest -

• taxation without representation

• the loss of their properties to tax collectors

• the rumored annexation of northwest Massachusetts to Vermont

• the Articles of Confederation