FCLE Articles of Confederation and the Constitutional Convention 5

Question 1

Under the Articles of Confederation, how did Congress try to raise money?

Accepted Answer

By requesting funds from the states, which often refused

Answer

Congress lacked the power to tax and could only make requisitions that states frequently ignored.

Question 2

Which branches of government were missing at the national level under the Articles of Confederation?

Accepted Answer

An executive and a national judiciary

Answer

The Articles created only a one-house Congress, with no president or national court system.

Question 3

Under the Constitution's commerce compromise, Congress could not ban the importation of enslaved people until what year?

Accepted Answer

1808

Answer

Article I, Section 9 barred Congress from prohibiting the slave trade before 1808.

Question 4

On what date was the Constitution signed, now observed as Constitution Day?

Accepted Answer

September 17, 1787

Answer

Delegates signed the Constitution on September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia.

Question 5

About how many of the 55 delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention signed the final document?

Accepted Answer

39

Answer

Thirty-nine delegates signed; some had left early and a few refused to sign.

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