Chapter 9 Social Studies Test
  • 1. The Articles of Confederation and the Iroquois League were similar in that they both
A) Were headed by women
B) Brought together different groups of people
C) Stated people's desires to declare war on Britain
D) Had a President
  • 2. Which of these helps to keep one branch of government from gaining more power than another?
A) the Twenty-Fifth Comprimise
B) The Bourne Identity
C) The electorial college
D) a system of checks and balances
  • 3. When the people elect representatives to run the country, it is called a ________________________
A) a national court system
B) slave state
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 national legislature
B) a queen
C) a grand old flag
D) a king
  • 6. The executive branch is responsible for carrying out the nation's _________________
A) laws
B) coins and money
C) taxes
D) census
  • 7. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress has the authority to _________________
A) print money
B) elect a king or queen
C) build bridges
D) raise taxes
  • 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 amount of rich families in the state
C) The population of 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) The Preamble to the Constitution
B) Annapolis Convention
C) Northwest Ordinance
D) Articles of Confederation
  • 10. Each state has __________ senators
A) 4
B) 3
C) 1
D) 2
  • 11. Which of these was a result of the Annapolis Convention of 1786?
A) Congress created a new national army
B) Congress called the Constitutional Convention
C) Each state started printing its own money
D) The Articles of Confederation were written
  • 12. The Three-fifths Comprimise that was reached at the Constitutional Convention involved the :
A) number of houses of Congress to be created
B) counting of slaves for the purposes of representation and taxation
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) New York
C) Narnia
D) Philadelphia
  • 14. In a federal system of government, power and authority
A) are given to the states
B) are shared by the national and state governments
C) are given to the cities
D) belong only to the people of the states
  • 15. The slave trade would be stopped under the
A) Southern Plan
B) New Jersey Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 16. Slaves would not be included in state population counts under the
A) Southern Plan
B) New Jersey Plan
C) Northern Plan
D) Virginia Plan
  • 17. The number of representatives from each state would be based on state population under the
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) Virginia Plan
  • 18. Each state would have the SAME number of representatives to Congress under this plan
A) Southern Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Virginia Plan
  • 19. Slaves would be INCLUDED in state population counts
A) Virginia Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Southern Plan
  • 20. The slave trade would NOT be stopped
A) Northern Plan
B) New Jersey Plan
C) Justin Bieber Plan
D) Southern Plan
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