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Chapter 9 Social Studies Test
  • 1. The Articles of Confederation and the Iroquois League were similar in that they both
A) Had a President
B) Brought together different groups of people
C) Stated people's desires to declare war on Britain
D) Were headed by women
  • 2. Which of these helps to keep one branch of government from gaining more power than another?
A) The electorial college
B) the Twenty-Fifth Comprimise
C) a system of checks and balances
D) The Bourne Identity
  • 3. When the people elect representatives to run the country, it is called a ________________________
A) Northwest Ordinance
B) slave state
C) a national court system
D) republic
  • 4. The Supreme Court is part of the
A) Legislative Branch
B) Judicial Branch
C) Electorial College
D) Executive Branch
  • 5. Which of these was a part of the national government under the Articles of Confederation?
A) a national legislature
B) a king
C) a queen
D) a grand old flag
  • 6. The executive branch is responsible for carrying out the nation's _________________
A) laws
B) census
C) coins and money
D) taxes
  • 7. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress has the authority to _________________
A) print money
B) raise taxes
C) build bridges
D) elect a king or queen
  • 8. This determines how many representatives a state will have in the House of Representatives
A) whatever Brittany's D.A.R.E Report says there should be
B) The population of the state
C) The amount of rich families in the state
D) the average height of the people in the state
  • 9. Setting up a system so that new states could be formed was the purpose of the ______________________
A) Articles of Confederation
B) The Preamble to the Constitution
C) Annapolis Convention
D) Northwest Ordinance
  • 10. Each state has __________ senators
A) 3
B) 1
C) 2
D) 4
  • 11. Which of these was a result of the Annapolis Convention of 1786?
A) Each state started printing its own money
B) The Articles of Confederation were written
C) Congress created a new national army
D) Congress called the Constitutional Convention
  • 12. The Three-fifths Comprimise that was reached at the Constitutional Convention involved the :
A) number of houses of Congress to be created
B) amount of power that was given to the national government
C) number of British citizens allowed to live in the United States
D) counting of slaves for the purposes of representation and taxation
  • 13. The Delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in
A) New York
B) Philadelphia
C) Narnia
D) Boston
  • 14. In a federal system of government, power and authority
A) are given to the cities
B) belong only to the people of the states
C) are shared by the national and state governments
D) are given to the states
  • 15. The slave trade would be stopped under the
A) Southern Plan
B) Virginia Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 16. Slaves would not be included in state population counts under the
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Virginia Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 17. The number of representatives from each state would be based on state population under the
A) Virginia Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 18. Each state would have the SAME number of representatives to Congress under this plan
A) Northern Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
  • 19. Slaves would be INCLUDED in state population counts
A) Northern Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
  • 20. The slave trade would NOT be stopped
A) Northern Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Justin Bieber Plan
Altres proves d'interés :
2nd Grade Language Arts 2009
2nd Grade Social Studies 2009
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