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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) Had a President
C) Brought together different groups of people
D) Stated people's desires to declare war on Britain
  • 2. Which of these helps to keep one branch of government from gaining more power than another?
A) The Bourne Identity
B) the Twenty-Fifth Comprimise
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) slave state
B) Northwest Ordinance
C) a national court system
D) republic
  • 4. The Supreme Court is part of the
A) Legislative Branch
B) Judicial Branch
C) Executive 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 grand old flag
C) a national legislature
D) a queen
  • 6. The executive branch is responsible for carrying out the nation's _________________
A) laws
B) census
C) coins and money
D) taxes
  • 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) the average height of the people in the state
B) The population of the state
C) whatever Brittany's D.A.R.E Report says there should be
D) The amount of rich families in the state
  • 9. Setting up a system so that new states could be formed was the purpose of the ______________________
A) Articles of Confederation
B) The Preamble to the Constitution
C) Northwest Ordinance
D) Annapolis Convention
  • 10. Each state has __________ senators
A) 3
B) 1
C) 2
D) 4
  • 11. Which of these was a result of the Annapolis Convention of 1786?
A) Each state started printing its own money
B) Congress called the Constitutional Convention
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) number of houses of Congress to be created
B) amount of power that was given to the national government
C) counting of slaves for the purposes of representation and taxation
D) number of British citizens allowed to live in the United States
  • 13. The Delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in
A) Boston
B) Narnia
C) New York
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 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) Southern Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Virginia Plan
  • 16. Slaves would not be included in state population counts under the
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 17. The number of representatives from each state would be based on state population under the
A) Northern Plan
B) New Jersey Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) Virginia Plan
  • 18. Each state would have the SAME number of representatives to Congress under this plan
A) Virginia Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Southern 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) New Jersey Plan
B) Justin Bieber Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) Northern Plan
Altres proves d'interés :
2nd Grade Language Arts 2009
2nd Grade Social Studies 2009
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