MONDAY:
Name one power given to the national government under the Articles of Confederation. Name two powers given to the states. Which level of government is stronger under the Articles.
Powers given to the federal government under the Articles of Confederation include 1) appointing military officers, 2) establishing a postal system, and 3) setting up courts. Powers given to the states included 1) taxing residents, 2) regulating trade with other states, and 3) raising militias. Under the Articles of Confederation, the state governments were much stronger than the federal government.
TUESDAY:
Choose one of the following events and explain how it may have been different if the United States was still governed under the Articles of Confederation: 1) September 11, 2001, 2) Israeli-Palestinian Tensions, 3) States voting on issues that would contradict federal laws.
For all three of these examples, the federal government would be very limited in its ability to respond. After September 11th, the government would not have been able to launch attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq because the government would not have a standing army. The same would be the case for the current tensions between Israel and Palestine. While the federal government would have the port to make agreements with these other countries, there is no military to support them. In the third example, states laws would surpass federal laws by design.
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