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) Were headed by women
C) Had a President
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 Twenty-Fifth Comprimise
B) a system of checks and balances
C) The electorial college
D) The Bourne Identity
  • 3. When the people elect representatives to run the country, it is called a ________________________
A) slave state
B) republic
C) a national court system
D) Northwest Ordinance
  • 4. The Supreme Court is part of the
A) Judicial Branch
B) Electorial College
C) Legislative Branch
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) taxes
B) coins and money
C) census
D) laws
  • 7. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress has the authority to _________________
A) print money
B) elect a king or queen
C) raise taxes
D) build bridges
  • 8. This determines how many representatives a state will have in the House of Representatives
A) the average height of the people in 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 population of 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) Articles of Confederation
C) Northwest Ordinance
D) Annapolis Convention
  • 10. Each state has __________ senators
A) 2
B) 1
C) 4
D) 3
  • 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) The Articles of Confederation were written
D) Each state started printing its own money
  • 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 British citizens allowed to live in the United States
C) number of houses of Congress to be created
D) amount of power that was given to the national government
  • 13. The Delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in
A) Narnia
B) Philadelphia
C) New York
D) Boston
  • 14. In a federal system of government, power and authority
A) are shared by the national and state governments
B) are given to the cities
C) are given to the states
D) belong only to the people of the states
  • 15. The slave trade would be stopped under the
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Virginia Plan
C) Northern Plan
D) Southern Plan
  • 16. Slaves would not be included in state population counts under the
A) Northern Plan
B) Virginia Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
  • 17. The number of representatives from each state would be based on state population under the
A) Southern Plan
B) New Jersey Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 18. Each state would have the SAME number of representatives to Congress under this plan
A) Southern Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
  • 19. Slaves would be INCLUDED in state population counts
A) Southern Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
  • 20. The slave trade would NOT be stopped
A) Southern Plan
B) New Jersey Plan
C) Justin Bieber Plan
D) Northern Plan
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