Under the Articles of Confederation, each state's

power in Congress was based on

one vote per state

or

the state's voting population

one vote per state

The Articles of Confederation gave the national government the power to

Declare war

or

regulate interstate trade

Declare war

From the time of the Declaration of

Independence until the ratification of the

Constitution, the United States functioned without

An army

or

A President

A President

One of the accomplishments of the Northwest

Ordinance of 1787 was to

Challenge Spain's claim to the Mississippi River

or

Establish requirements for admitting new

states to the Union 

Establish requirements for admitting new

states to the Union 

Shay's Rebellion was a protest by farmers

who faced problems from

An oversupply of paper currency

or

Debts they owed to creditors

Debts they owed to creditors

The Great Compromise was an agreement

about how to 

Count slaves in determining population

or

Determine a state's representation in Congress

Determine a state's representation in Congress

The system that maintains the separation of powers

among the branches of the federal gov't is called

Reserved powers

or

Checks and balances

Checks and balances

The number of states needed to ratify the

Constitution before it could go into effect was

Nine

or

Thirteen

Nine

Adding a bill of rights to the Constitution was

largely supported by the

Federalists

or

Antifederalists

Antifederalists

A Republic is a government in which...

citizens rule directly

or

citizens rule through their elected representatives

citizens rule through their elected representatives