Catch the false claim about the Articles

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. False statement

   The Articles could be changed by a simple majority of the thirteen states.

   Statements

   1. The Articles could be changed by a simple majority of the thirteen states.
   2. Under the Articles the national government could not impose taxes on citizens.
   3. Under the Articles each state had one vote no matter how many delegates it sent.

2. False statement

   The Articles set up a national court system to settle disputes.

   Statements

   1. The government could declare war but had to ask the states for soldiers.
   2. The Articles set up a national court system to settle disputes.
   3. The currency it issued, called the Continental, was largely worthless.

3. False statement

   State legislatures, not elected conventions, voted on approving the Constitution.

   Statements

   1. Nine of the thirteen states had to approve the Constitution before it took effect.
   2. Anti-Federalists pressed hard for a bill of rights to be added.
   3. State legislatures, not elected conventions, voted on approving the Constitution.

4. False statement

   Troops sent by the national government put down the uprising led by Daniel Shays.

   Statements

   1. Troops sent by the national government put down the uprising led by Daniel Shays.
   2. The uprising began among heavily indebted farmers in western Massachusetts.
   3. The unrest pushed members of Congress to call for a revision of the Articles.

Instructions

Tap the one statement in each set of three that does not hold up.

Explanation