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) Brought together different groups of people
D) Were headed by women
  • 2. Which of these helps to keep one branch of government from gaining more power than another?
A) The electorial college
B) The Bourne Identity
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) a national court system
B) Northwest Ordinance
C) republic
D) slave state
  • 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 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) taxes
C) coins and money
D) census
  • 7. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress has the authority to _________________
A) raise taxes
B) print money
C) elect a king or queen
D) build bridges
  • 8. This determines how many representatives a state will have in the House of Representatives
A) whatever Brittany's D.A.R.E Report says there should be
B) the average height of the people in the state
C) The population of the state
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) Annapolis Convention
B) Articles of Confederation
C) Northwest Ordinance
D) The Preamble to the Constitution
  • 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) Congress created a new national army
B) Congress called the Constitutional Convention
C) Each state started printing its own money
D) The Articles of Confederation were written
  • 12. The Three-fifths Comprimise that was reached at the Constitutional Convention involved the :
A) amount of power that was given to the national government
B) number of British citizens allowed to live in the United States
C) number of houses of Congress to be created
D) counting of slaves for the purposes of representation and taxation
  • 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) are given to the cities
B) are given to the states
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) Northern Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
  • 16. Slaves would not be included in state population counts under the
A) Northern Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) New Jersey 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) New Jersey Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 19. Slaves would be INCLUDED in state population counts
A) Northern Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
  • 20. The slave trade would NOT be stopped
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Northern Plan
D) Justin Bieber Plan
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