comparing aoc and usc

HOW DOES THE CONSTITUTION DIFFER FROM THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION?

Directions: In each column explain how the document dealt with the issue at hand. If the Constitution dealt directly with the issue, cite the Article, Section, and Clause that did so.

Articles of Confederation	Issue	US Constitution
The states had more power than the federal government. Very clear lines.	Structure of Government: How is power divided between the federal government and the states?	There is more federal power than state power, along with concurrent power. More blurred lines.
One: congress.	Branches of Government: How many?	Three: legislative, executive, and judicial.
Little power. Most authority is given to states.	How much power was given to the central (federal) government?	Significant but limited power divided between the three branches.
A common treasury. However, payment in full from states didn’t always happen.	How did the central government choose to collect to taxes from citizens?	Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with estimated payments and tax returns.
Limited and still dependent on states for troops and funding.	Did the central government have control over the military? Raising and making decisions about.	Yes, split power between the president and the congress.
Nobody. Another major flaw of the AOC.	Who had control over interstate commerce in the central government?	Congress has power to control and regulate this commerce.
Yes, they could coin money, but not only them, as states could do the same.	Did the central government have the power to coin money?	Yes, and only them. Congress does this.
There was the congress of confederation, one complete body, made up of delegates picked by state legislatures.	How was the legislative branch structured?	Two chambers. The senate and the House of Representatives.
The singular body proposed solutions to problems which was then looked over by the thirteen state legislatures.	What process did the central government create to make laws?	Introduction of the bill to one of the two chambers, then, once passed, brought to the other, then brought to the president.
Unanimous consent across all thirteen states.	What process is used to formally amend the A.O.C. or the Constitution?	Congress proposes an amendment or two thirds of states petition for it to be reviewed.