Congress can make laws… articles did not create a judicial branch… congress could not levy taxes… each state only had one vote… congress could not regulate trade… congress could not raise an army… the articles required nine of thirteen states to pass a law… so very few laws were passed. so it couldn’t pay the country’s debts. but it can’t force states to obey them. so people were not represented equally. so commerce between states was difficult and often disputed. so there was no national court system to decide disputes. so states were defenseless against attack by more powerful nations.

Two types of survey questions are open questions and closed questions. an open question allows for any kind of response; a closed question allows for only a fixed response. an open question and a closed question with its possible choices are given below. list the advantages and disadvantages of each question. open question: what can be done to get students to eat healthier foods? closed question: how would you get students to eat healthier foods? 1. mandatory nutrition course 2. offer only healthy foods in the cafeteria and remove unhealthy foods 3. offer more healthy foods in the cafeteria and raise the prices on unhealthy foods what are the advantages of an open question?