PLEASE HELP ASAP WILL MARK BRAINLIEST The first form of government in the new nation was established in the Articles of Confederation. A “confederacy” is a loose alliance of independent states.

Which of the following statements is true of the United States under the Articles of Confederation?

Congress had power to control nearly everything that the state did.

The country could build a strong military to protect them against foreign invasions.

Congress was very weak and had no power to enforce any laws they passed.

The states were able to pay off their individual debts after the war.

As the new nation struggled under the Articles of Confederation, a Constitutional Convention was called in 1787. Representatives from the various colonies worked to design a new form of government, again drawing on the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers.

As the new nation struggled under the Articles of Confederation, a Constitutional Convention was called in 1787. Representatives from the various colonies worked to design a new form of government, again drawing on the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers.

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the government created by the United States Constitution?

Question 12 options:

It maintained the weak central government.

It established and divided power between 3 branches of government.

It divided power between the federal government and the states.

It provided a Bill of Rights in its first 10 amendments.

In all, 11 states seceded from (left) the United States of America (the “Union”, the “North”) and formed their own new nation, the Confederate States of America (the “Confederacy”, the “South”).

On April 12, 1861 the war began with

Question 20 options:

The Confederacy sending a letter to the President asking him to surrender.

The Battle of Gettysburg

Confederate troops taking the Union’s Ft. Sumter in South Carolina.

The Union’s immediate surrender.