Which of the Following Was a Problem Under the Articles

question 99

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a problem under the Articles of Confederation?

• A) The national government was too strong compared to the states.
• B) The government derived its power from the citizens themselves.
• C) Congress imposed excessive taxes.
• D) Citizens lacked a national identity.
• E) Amendments to the Articles were too easy to ratify.

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points, indicating how much they differ from the mean.

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a data set, indicating the spread or dispersion of the set.

Chebyshev's Theorem

A statistical theorem that gives an inequality for assessing the probability that a random variable differs from its mean.

Empirical Rules

A statistical rule stating that for a normal distribution, nearly all data will fall within three standard deviations of the mean.