Chapter 9 Social Studies Test
  • 1. The Articles of Confederation and the Iroquois League were similar in that they both
A) Brought together different groups of people
B) Were headed by women
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 Bourne Identity
B) The electorial college
C) the Twenty-Fifth Comprimise
D) a system of checks and balances
  • 3. When the people elect representatives to run the country, it is called a ________________________
A) Northwest Ordinance
B) a national court system
C) republic
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 queen
B) a national legislature
C) a grand old flag
D) a king
  • 6. The executive branch is responsible for carrying out the nation's _________________
A) census
B) laws
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) the average height of the people in the state
B) The amount of rich families in the state
C) whatever Brittany's D.A.R.E Report says there should be
D) The population of the state
  • 9. Setting up a system so that new states could be formed was the purpose of the ______________________
A) Articles of Confederation
B) Annapolis Convention
C) The Preamble to the Constitution
D) Northwest Ordinance
  • 10. Each state has __________ senators
A) 3
B) 4
C) 1
D) 2
  • 11. Which of these was a result of the Annapolis Convention of 1786?
A) Congress called the Constitutional Convention
B) Each state started printing its own money
C) The Articles of Confederation were written
D) Congress created a new national army
  • 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) amount of power that was given to the national government
D) number of British citizens allowed to live in the United States
  • 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 shared by the national and state governments
B) are given to the states
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) Virginia Plan
C) Northern Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
  • 16. Slaves would not be included in state population counts under the
A) Northern Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
  • 17. The number of representatives from each state would be based on state population under the
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Virginia Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 18. Each state would have the SAME number of representatives to Congress under this plan
A) Southern Plan
B) New Jersey Plan
C) Northern Plan
D) Virginia Plan
  • 19. Slaves would be INCLUDED in state population counts
A) Northern Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Virginia 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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