The main reason the Articles of Confederation were replaced as the basis of the United States government was that they
(a) lacked provision for a national congress
(b) declared that political protests were unconstitutional
(c) placed too many restrictions on the activities of state governments
(d) failed to give the central government enough power to govern effectively
Answer: (d) failed to give the central government enough power to govern effectively
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