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Under the Articles of Confederation, why would Congress find it difficult to go to war against another country?

It could not raise a national army.

It could not conduct diplomacy.

It could not declare war.

It could not pay soldiers.

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Which of the following best states how Shays’s Rebellion and the Pennsylvania Mutiny affected Congress?

Congress feared the spread of future rebellions and anarchy.

Congress feared the spread of slavery to Western territories.

Congress feared the rejection of the union by states.

Congress feared the creation of new, rebellious states.

The Articles of Confederation were

a constitution revising Britain’s Parliament.

a set of rules for governing the colonies.

a constitution that established the first US government.

a set of rules for governing the Northwest Territory.

The drafters of the Articles of Confederation wanted to establish strong state governments because

the states did not want to share power with each other.

the British government had imposed taxes without representation.

they wanted to follow the model of the Second Continental Congress.

they wanted to model the new government after Britain’s Parliament.

Following the American Revolution, the Confederation Congress was unable to resolve the nation’s economic crisis because it could not

stop the states from printing money.

stop the states from forming legislatures.

issue a national currency.

declare war on foreign countries.

How were the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 similar?

They both extended slavery.

They both freed enslaved people.

They both united the thirteen states.

They both encouraged settlement.

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