It created a too-weak national government.
When Congress drafted the nation's first constitution in 1777, it knew that many Americans feared a powerful national government. For that reason, the proposed Articles of Confederation created a framework for a loose confederation of states. Within this alliance, each state would retain "sovereignty, freedom, and independence." Any power not specifically given to Congress was reserved for the states. This meant that each state could often develop its own policies.
In addition, the Articles did not set up an executive branch to carry out the laws or a judicial branch to settle legal questions.
False. <span>The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions was formed in 1881, and the American Federation of Labor was founded five years later. The American Federation of Labor is one of the most well known Labor Unions in American History but it does have a predecessor. </span>
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The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. The Tenth Amendment was included in the Bill of Rights to further define the balance of power between the federal government and the states.
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The Corwin Amendment was a proposed amendment to the Constitution passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification in 1861. Had it been ratified, the Corwin Amendment would have prohibited the federal government from abolishing enslavement in the states where it existed at the time.
The major downfall of the Articles of Confederation was simply weakness. The federal government, under the Articles, was too weak to enforce their laws and therefore had no power. The Continental Congress had borrowed money to fight the Revolutionary War and could not repay their debts.
