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A Weak Confederation Answers

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How did the Pennsylvania Mutiny highlight Congress’s weakness under the Articles of Confederation?

A
Congress was unable to help soldiers who wanted payment for service.
B
Congress was unable to help farmers who had fallen into debt.
C
Congress was unable to stop a civil war in Pennsylvania.
D
Congress was unable to give states their own governments.
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Which limitation directly led to Congress being unable to stop inflation?

A
Congress could not collect taxes.
B
Congress could not regulate prices.
C
Congress could not raise an army.
D
Congress could not trade on the Mississippi.
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What were the Articles of Confederation?

A
a constitution revising Britain’s Parliament
B
a set of rules for governing the colonies
C
a constitution that established the first US government
D
a set of rules for governing the Northwest Territory
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A similarity between the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was that they

A
extended slavery.
B
freed enslaved people.
C
united the thirteen states.
D
encouraged settlement.
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Because Congress was unable to stop Shays’s Rebellion and the Pennsylvania Mutiny, it feared the

A
spread of future rebellions and anarchy.
B
spread of slavery into western territories.
C
rejection of the union by states.
D
creation of new rebellious states.
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Under the Articles of Confederation, the federal government was given the power to

A
impose taxes.
B
enforce laws.
C
declare war.
D
regulate trade.
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What type of government did the Articles of Confederation create?

A
a one-branch government
B
a two-branch government
C
a three-branch government
D
a four-branch government
8

During the first territorial stage of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, Congress

A
established schools.
B
established slavery.
C
appointed governors and judges.
D
set up state legislatures.
9

As established by the Articles of Confederation, the national government could

A
regulate trade.
B
enforce laws.
C
conduct diplomacy.
D
raise a national army.
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Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress was

A
unable to increase the national debt.
B
able to remove British soldiers from American forts.
C
able to collect taxes from American citizens.
D
unable to deal with threats from foreign powers.

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