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