The passage below comes from The Federalist Papers, Number 4, by John
Jay: (M)
Leave America divided into thirteen or, if you please, into three or four
independent governments. [W]hat armies could they raise and pay[?] [W]hat
fleets could they ever hope to have? If one was attacked, would the others fly to
its [assistance], and spend their blood and money in its defense?
How did the new Constitution resolve the weakness in the Articles of
Confederation identified by John Jay in this passage?
A. It placed the President in charge of the state armies.
B. It gave the Congress the power to raise its own army.
C. It increased the powers of the states to raise their own armies.
D. It permitted the states to contribute their troops to the national army.
