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) Had a President
C) Stated people's desires to declare war on Britain
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 Twenty-Fifth Comprimise
B) The Bourne Identity
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) a national court system
B) Northwest Ordinance
C) republic
D) slave state
  • 4. The Supreme Court is part of the
A) Electorial College
B) Judicial Branch
C) Executive Branch
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 grand old flag
D) a king
  • 6. The executive branch is responsible for carrying out the nation's _________________
A) coins and money
B) laws
C) census
D) taxes
  • 7. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress has the authority to _________________
A) print money
B) build bridges
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 population of the state
B) The amount of rich families in the state
C) whatever Brittany's D.A.R.E Report says there should be
D) the average height of the people in the state
  • 9. Setting up a system so that new states could be formed was the purpose of the ______________________
A) Annapolis Convention
B) The Preamble to the Constitution
C) Articles of Confederation
D) Northwest Ordinance
  • 10. Each state has __________ senators
A) 3
B) 1
C) 4
D) 2
  • 11. Which of these was a result of the Annapolis Convention of 1786?
A) The Articles of Confederation were written
B) Each state started printing its own money
C) Congress called the Constitutional Convention
D) Congress created a new national army
  • 12. The Three-fifths Comprimise that was reached at the Constitutional Convention involved the :
A) number of houses of Congress to be created
B) counting of slaves for the purposes of representation and taxation
C) amount of power that was given to the national government
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) Philadelphia
C) Boston
D) Narnia
  • 14. In a federal system of government, power and authority
A) are given to the states
B) are shared by the national and state governments
C) belong only to the people of the states
D) are given to the cities
  • 15. The slave trade would be stopped under the
A) Southern Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Virginia Plan
  • 16. Slaves would not be included in state population counts under the
A) Virginia Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Southern Plan
  • 17. The number of representatives from each state would be based on state population under the
A) Southern Plan
B) Virginia Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 18. Each state would have the SAME number of representatives to Congress under this plan
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Northern Plan
D) Virginia Plan
  • 19. Slaves would be INCLUDED in state population counts
A) Virginia Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
  • 20. The slave trade would NOT be stopped
A) Justin Bieber Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Northern Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
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