Chapter 9 Social Studies Test
  • 1. The Articles of Confederation and the Iroquois League were similar in that they both
A) Had a President
B) Brought together different groups of people
C) Were headed by women
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 Twenty-Fifth Comprimise
B) The Bourne Identity
C) a system of checks and balances
D) The electorial college
  • 3. When the people elect representatives to run the country, it is called a ________________________
A) Northwest Ordinance
B) a national court system
C) slave state
D) republic
  • 4. The Supreme Court is part of the
A) Judicial Branch
B) Executive 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 grand old flag
B) a national legislature
C) a king
D) a queen
  • 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) raise taxes
B) build bridges
C) elect a king or queen
D) print money
  • 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) Articles of Confederation
B) Northwest Ordinance
C) Annapolis Convention
D) The Preamble to the Constitution
  • 10. Each state has __________ senators
A) 4
B) 3
C) 2
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) Each state started printing its own money
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) 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) Narnia
B) Boston
C) Philadelphia
D) New York
  • 14. In a federal system of government, power and authority
A) are given to the cities
B) are shared by the national and state governments
C) belong only to the people of the states
D) are given to the states
  • 15. The slave trade would be stopped under the
A) Northern Plan
B) New Jersey Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) Southern 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) 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) New Jersey Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 19. Slaves would be INCLUDED in state population counts
A) Virginia Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Southern Plan
  • 20. The slave trade would NOT be stopped
A) Justin Bieber Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Southern Plan
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