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) Had a President
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) The electorial college
C) a system of checks and balances
D) the Twenty-Fifth Comprimise
  • 3. When the people elect representatives to run the country, it is called a ________________________
A) republic
B) slave state
C) a national court system
D) Northwest Ordinance
  • 4. The Supreme Court is part of the
A) Judicial Branch
B) Legislative 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) coins and money
B) laws
C) taxes
D) census
  • 7. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress has the authority to _________________
A) build bridges
B) print money
C) elect a king or queen
D) raise taxes
  • 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) The population of the state
D) whatever Brittany's D.A.R.E Report says there should be
  • 9. Setting up a system so that new states could be formed was the purpose of the ______________________
A) Annapolis Convention
B) Northwest Ordinance
C) The Preamble to the Constitution
D) Articles of Confederation
  • 10. Each state has __________ senators
A) 3
B) 2
C) 4
D) 1
  • 11. Which of these was a result of the Annapolis Convention of 1786?
A) The Articles of Confederation were written
B) Congress called the Constitutional Convention
C) Congress created a new national army
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) amount of power that was given to the national government
C) number of houses of Congress to be created
D) number of British citizens allowed to live in the United States
  • 13. The Delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in
A) New York
B) Narnia
C) Boston
D) Philadelphia
  • 14. In a federal system of government, power and authority
A) are given to the states
B) are given to the cities
C) belong only to the people of the states
D) are shared by the national and state governments
  • 15. The slave trade would be stopped under the
A) Southern Plan
B) New Jersey Plan
C) Northern Plan
D) Virginia 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) Northern Plan
C) New Jersey 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) New Jersey Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Northern Plan
D) Virginia Plan
  • 20. The slave trade would NOT be stopped
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Justin Bieber Plan
D) Northern Plan
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