AP US Government and Politics Quiz
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FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
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In the 1780s, New York taxed goods from New Jersey, sparking retaliation. Which Articles limitation is illustrated?
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Congress lacked power to regulate interstate commerce, allowing states to impose tariffs and trade barriers against one another without national control.
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The Articles gave Congress exclusive authority to set state sales taxes, causing constant conflict when states tried to protect local merchants.
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A national president set tariff policy by executive order, but the Articles made that office too independent from Congress.
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A federal court system routinely invalidated state tariffs, yet the Articles forced judges to serve life terms without accountability.
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The Articles prohibited states from regulating commerce at all, making it illegal for New York to tax goods entering its ports.
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