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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) Stated people's desires to declare war on Britain
C) Brought together different groups of people
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 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) Northwest Ordinance
B) slave state
C) republic
D) a national court system
  • 4. The Supreme Court is part of the
A) Executive Branch
B) Electorial College
C) Judicial Branch
D) Legislative Branch
  • 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) 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) 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) Annapolis Convention
B) Northwest Ordinance
C) Articles of Confederation
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) Each state started printing its own money
B) Congress created a new national army
C) Congress called the Constitutional Convention
D) The Articles of Confederation were written
  • 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) number of British citizens allowed to live in the United States
D) amount of power that was given to the national government
  • 13. The Delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in
A) Philadelphia
B) Boston
C) New York
D) Narnia
  • 14. In a federal system of government, power and authority
A) belong only to the people of the states
B) are given to the states
C) are shared by the national and state governments
D) are given to the cities
  • 15. The slave trade would be stopped under the
A) Virginia Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
  • 16. Slaves would not be included in state population counts under the
A) Southern Plan
B) New Jersey Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 17. The number of representatives from each state would be based on state population under the
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Southern 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) New Jersey Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) Virginia Plan
  • 20. The slave trade would NOT be stopped
A) Southern Plan
B) Justin Bieber Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Northern Plan
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