Which of these describes the main reason for the failure of the Articles of Confederation? The state governments were given most of the power, causing disunity and lack of Federal enforcement power.

There was no federal government at all, leading many to fear other countries coming and taking over the US.

The national government was too strong, causing many people to fear another tyrannical monarchy.

The US had no ability to grow its economy or trade with other nations.

the correct answer is: (1) affected by gerrymandering; (2) not affected by gerrymandering.

gerrymandering is known as a practice that intends to establish a some kind of political advantage for a particular party or group. to do this district boundaries are manipulated. the new resulting district is named a gerrymandering.

in other words, what gerrymandering does is to draw the boundaries of electoral districts trying to benefit the party who is doing it. sometimes, the party controlling the legislature will redraw it so they can maximize the number of districts they are likely to control.