In your opinion, what would have happened had the founding fathers chosen to simply modify the articles of confederation?

This is of course impossible to tell, but most agree that if the Articles of Confederation hadn't been replaced by the more powerful Constitution, the federal government wouldn't have had the power to tax the states and therefore wouldn't have been able to re-pay its war debt--causing the new nation to crumble.

During Roosevelt’s time in office, labor unions were strengthened.