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What was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

What was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?. The federal government did not represent all 13 states The Articles could not be revised The Articles were not ratified by all of the states The federal government had little power.

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What was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

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  1. What was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation? • The federal government did not represent all 13 states • The Articles could not be revised • The Articles were not ratified by all of the states • The federal government had little power

  2. What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787? • To revise the Articles of Confederation • To sign a draft of the Declaration of Independence • To sign the Treaty of Paris • The elect the new president

  3. The Legislative branch of the U.S. government is • Unicameral • Bicameral • Tricameral • Quadracameral

  4. The U.S. government is referred to as what kind of democracy? • Constitutional • Representative • Presidential • Limited

  5. Changes to the Constitution are in the form of • Bills • Settlements • Compromises • Amendments

  6. Georgians signed the Constitution in the hope that the federal government would help them fight • Native Americans • Salzburgers • Tories • Spain

  7. Which issue created the most conflict in the development of the new U.S. government? • The exclusion of slaves in the population count • Dividing the government into 3 branches • The division of the legislature into two houses • Giving women the right to vote

  8. What was the Second Great Awakening? • A political movement • A religious movement • A historical document • A treaty with Great Britain

  9. Freedom of speech, religion, and the press are all guaranteed under which amendment? • First • Second • Third • Fourth

  10. What was the purpose of the Bill of Rights? • To give people as much freedom as they wanted • To let individual states have more power than the federal government • To make sure the federal government had the most power • To limit the power of the federal government and guarantee individual rights

  11. Allowing state, local, and federal government to share authority over its citizens is known as • Communism • Constitutionalism • Despotism • Federalism

  12. What discovery led to Indian removal in Georgia? • Silver • Gold • Oil • Copper

  13. Before railroads, how did Georgian’s transport freight (goods) to markets? • Farm carts, wagons, horseback • Stagecoaches, ferries, wagon trains • Riverboats, ferries, wagon trains • Wagons and horseback

  14. In the early 1800s, advances in which area contributed most to Georgia’s growth? • Mathematics • Geography • Education • Agriculture

  15. Two factors that influenced who was eligible for Georgia’s land lotteries of the 1800s were • Last name and date of birth • Gender and marital status • Religion and nationality • Political influence and wealth

  16. After Georgia gave up its western lands, what river became Georgia’s western boundary? • The Flint River • The Yazoo River • The Chattahoochee River • The Mississippi River

  17. The Yazoo land fraud occurred because land companies • Bribed legislators so they could buy land cheaply • Took land from Native Americans • Made illegal treaties with Native Americans • Claimed land that had been obtained illegally

  18. What was an immediate impact of the headright system in Georgia? • It created a buffer zone between settlers and Native Americans • It violated the Constitution and the case went to court • Since each household only got 200 acres, most of the land went unclaimed • It was very successful and population grew

  19. Who originally owned the land sold in Georgia? • Native Americans • The British • The Spanish • The French

  20. Which was a factor in Milledgeville replacing Louisville as Georgia’s capital? • The invention of the cotton gin • A decline in population due to zombies • The canal system went through Milledgeville • Mosquitoes that spread malaria

  21. The Second Great Awakening gave the south the nickname • The Rust Belt • The Safety Belt • The Bible Belt • The Sun Belt

  22. What did the Georgia Baptist Convention do? • United Baptists under one organization • Changed the name of the Anglican Church • Outlawed tent revivals • Created a religious document

  23. What problem did the Great Compromise solve when writing the U.S. Constitution? • Giving women the right to vote • A bicameral Congress • Allowing only Protestant men the right to vote • How slaves should be counted

  24. How did technological developments impact Georgia’s growth? • It created more work and slowed overall growth • More cotton could be produced and shipped quicker and this increased economic growth • Railroads led many people to leave the state • They had no impact on Georgia

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