What is widely believed to be the one accomplishment of the Articles of Confederation? Question 2 options:

The Northwest Ordinance was passed in 1787 which set guidelines for forming new states

Congress had power to tax states to raise revenue

Congress had the power to make a national currency

Congress had the power to regulate commerce.

A. The Northwest Ordinance was passed in 1787 which set guidelines for forming new states.

Explanation:

The Articles of Confederation was the United States' first constitution. It is known for being very weak and giving little to no power to the federal government.

The government could not tax the states, create and enforce laws properly, draft soldiers, regulate trade, and other important processes. This eventually led people to believe that the Articles of Confederation was hurting the country and needed to be revised, these people were called Federalists. On the other hand, the people who wanted to keep the Articles of Confederation and did not want the government to have power were called Anti-Federalists.

With the Articles of Confederation, the Congress really only had one success, this was the Northwest Ordinance, which was passed in 1787. This meant that the Northwest territories would be split and would set guidelines for forming new states.

was a long, primarily nonviolent series of events to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all americans. the era has had a lasting impact on united states society, in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights, and in its exposure of the prevalence and cost of racism. in the south violence and fraud in southern elections from 1868 to 1876, which had reduced black voter turnout and enabled southern white democrats to regain power in state legislatures across the south