The Articles of Confederation was our first plan of government. It was designed to create a weak federal government. ... Under the Constitution, the federal government had the power to levy taxes. This helped the federal government raise money to pay our debts and meet our obligations.
The Constitution main way of overcoming the weakness of the Articles of Confederation was centralizing authority, as oppossed to a more relaxed compromise of union . The Constitution also creates the checks and balances through the three branches system, and established the foundation of civil liberties through the Bill of Rights.
It was fought at Nashville, Tennessee, on December 15–16, 1864, between the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Lieutenant General John Bell Hood and the Union Army of the Cumberland (Dept. of the Cumberland) under Major General George H. Thomas.
