Chapter 9 Social Studies Test
  • 1. The Articles of Confederation and the Iroquois League were similar in that they both
A) Brought together different groups of people
B) Were headed by women
C) Had a President
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) a system of checks and balances
C) The electorial college
D) The Bourne Identity
  • 3. When the people elect representatives to run the country, it is called a ________________________
A) slave state
B) republic
C) a national court system
D) Northwest Ordinance
  • 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 queen
C) a national legislature
D) a king
  • 6. The executive branch is responsible for carrying out the nation's _________________
A) census
B) taxes
C) laws
D) coins and money
  • 7. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress has the authority to _________________
A) build bridges
B) elect a king or queen
C) raise taxes
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) 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) Articles of Confederation
B) Northwest Ordinance
C) The Preamble to the Constitution
D) Annapolis Convention
  • 10. Each state has __________ senators
A) 4
B) 1
C) 3
D) 2
  • 11. Which of these was a result of the Annapolis Convention of 1786?
A) Congress created a new national army
B) The Articles of Confederation were written
C) Each state started printing its own money
D) Congress called the Constitutional Convention
  • 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) 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) New York
C) Narnia
D) Boston
  • 14. In a federal system of government, power and authority
A) are given to the states
B) are given to the cities
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) Virginia Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Southern Plan
  • 16. Slaves would not be included in state population counts under the
A) Southern Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) New Jersey 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) Virginia Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
  • 18. Each state would have the SAME number of representatives to Congress under this plan
A) Northern Plan
B) New Jersey Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) Southern Plan
  • 19. Slaves would be INCLUDED in state population counts
A) Virginia Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Northern Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
  • 20. The slave trade would NOT be stopped
A) Justin Bieber Plan
B) New Jersey Plan
C) Northern Plan
D) Southern Plan
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