Social Studies ch 9 lessons 1-2

The states

• did not want a strong central government

• wanted to give up their power

• allowed the government to tax them

• were weaker than the government

The Articles of Confederation gave the states

• no power

• the same power as the national government

• less power than the national government

• more power than the national government

In 1787, Congress called a meeting about the Articles of Confederation

• to decide what to do with the Northwest Territories

• to make the national government stronger

• to discuss ways to stop tax rebellions

• to borrow money to pay for the Revolutionary War

Congress could

• print & borrow money

• control trade

• raise money with taxes

• start an army

Congress could not

• organize new territories

• deal with other nations

• force states to obey its laws

• declare war and peace

Which Americans were represented at the Constitutional Convention?

• Native Americans

• Women

• African Americans

• White men who owned land

Some delegates to the Constitutional Convention thought a republic would

• give the small states more power

• allow slavery to continue

• protect citizens' rights

• let the states share power with a central government

In a federal system of government

• the states share power with the central government

• the states have more power than the central government

• the central government has more power than the states

• the states don't share power with the central government

How did the states compromise about slavery?

• No enslaved people were counted.

• All enslaved people were counted.

• Every five enslaved persons was counted as three free people.

• All states said slavery should never end.

Which group of people wanted a Bill of Rights to protect people's liberties?