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) a system of checks and balances
B) The electorial college
C) The Bourne Identity
D) the Twenty-Fifth Comprimise
  • 3. When the people elect representatives to run the country, it is called a ________________________
A) slave state
B) Northwest Ordinance
C) republic
D) a national court system
  • 4. The Supreme Court is part of the
A) Executive Branch
B) Judicial Branch
C) Electorial College
D) Legislative Branch
  • 5. Which of these was a part of the national government under the Articles of Confederation?
A) a national legislature
B) a queen
C) a king
D) a grand old flag
  • 6. The executive branch is responsible for carrying out the nation's _________________
A) coins and money
B) taxes
C) laws
D) census
  • 7. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress has the authority to _________________
A) elect a king or queen
B) raise taxes
C) print money
D) build bridges
  • 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) The Preamble to the Constitution
B) Northwest Ordinance
C) Annapolis Convention
D) Articles of Confederation
  • 10. Each state has __________ senators
A) 4
B) 2
C) 3
D) 1
  • 11. Which of these was a result of the Annapolis Convention of 1786?
A) Each state started printing its own money
B) The Articles of Confederation were written
C) Congress created a new national army
D) Congress called the Constitutional Convention
  • 12. The Three-fifths Comprimise that was reached at the Constitutional Convention involved the :
A) number of British citizens allowed to live in the United States
B) number of houses of Congress to be created
C) counting of slaves for the purposes of representation and taxation
D) amount of power that was given to the national government
  • 13. The Delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in
A) Narnia
B) New York
C) Boston
D) Philadelphia
  • 14. In a federal system of government, power and authority
A) belong only to the people of the states
B) are shared by the national and state governments
C) are given to the states
D) are given to the cities
  • 15. The slave trade would be stopped under the
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Virginia Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 16. Slaves would not be included in state population counts under the
A) Northern Plan
B) New Jersey Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) Virginia Plan
  • 17. The number of representatives from each state would be based on state population under the
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) Southern 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) Virginia Plan
B) New Jersey Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) Northern 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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