“Most of the leaders in 1914 had no real idea of the war machine they were putting into motion. Many believed the War would be over by Christmas 1914. But by the end of the first year, a new kind of war emerged on the battlefield that had never been seen before -- or repeated since: total war-producing stalemate, the result of a war that went on for 1,500 days." The above quote would be directly related to which of the following causes of WWI?

Select four weaknesses of the articles of confederation. 1)they could not contribute any positive laws to the government. 2)they served as the government that brought on the revolutionary war. 3)congress had no power to collect taxes. 4)equal voting power in congress led to jealousies between states. 5)the executive branch held too much power. 6)congress had no power to control trade. 7)there was no system of national courts. 8)there was no voting power for small states