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) Stated people's desires to declare war on Britain
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 Bourne Identity
B) a system of checks and balances
C) The electorial college
D) the Twenty-Fifth Comprimise
  • 3. When the people elect representatives to run the country, it is called a ________________________
A) republic
B) a national court system
C) Northwest Ordinance
D) slave state
  • 4. The Supreme Court is part of the
A) Judicial Branch
B) Executive Branch
C) Legislative Branch
D) Electorial College
  • 5. Which of these was a part of the national government under the Articles of Confederation?
A) a grand old flag
B) a king
C) a queen
D) a national legislature
  • 6. The executive branch is responsible for carrying out the nation's _________________
A) coins and money
B) census
C) taxes
D) laws
  • 7. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress has the authority to _________________
A) build bridges
B) raise taxes
C) print money
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 average height of the people in the state
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) Annapolis Convention
B) Articles of Confederation
C) Northwest Ordinance
D) The Preamble to the Constitution
  • 10. Each state has __________ senators
A) 4
B) 1
C) 2
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) amount of power that was given to the national government
B) number of British citizens allowed to live in the United States
C) number of houses of Congress to be created
D) counting of slaves for the purposes of representation and taxation
  • 13. The Delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in
A) Narnia
B) Boston
C) Philadelphia
D) New York
  • 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) 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) Northern Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) Virginia Plan
  • 17. The number of representatives from each state would be based on state population under the
A) Southern Plan
B) Virginia Plan
C) New Jersey 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) New Jersey Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Northern Plan
D) Virginia Plan
  • 20. The slave trade would NOT be stopped
A) Justin Bieber Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Northern Plan
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