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) Were headed by women
C) Brought together different groups of people
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 electorial college
B) The Bourne Identity
C) the Twenty-Fifth Comprimise
D) a system of checks and balances
  • 3. When the people elect representatives to run the country, it is called a ________________________
A) republic
B) slave state
C) a national court system
D) Northwest Ordinance
  • 4. The Supreme Court is part of the
A) Executive Branch
B) Electorial College
C) Judicial Branch
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 king
D) a national legislature
  • 6. The executive branch is responsible for carrying out the nation's _________________
A) census
B) coins and money
C) laws
D) taxes
  • 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) The population of the state
B) the average height of the people in the state
C) whatever Brittany's D.A.R.E Report says there should be
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) The Preamble to the Constitution
B) Articles of Confederation
C) Annapolis Convention
D) Northwest Ordinance
  • 10. Each state has __________ senators
A) 2
B) 4
C) 3
D) 1
  • 11. Which of these was a result of the Annapolis Convention of 1786?
A) Congress called the Constitutional Convention
B) The Articles of Confederation were written
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 British citizens allowed to live in the United States
D) number of houses of Congress to be created
  • 13. The Delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in
A) New York
B) Narnia
C) Philadelphia
D) Boston
  • 14. In a federal system of government, power and authority
A) are shared by the national and state governments
B) belong only to the people of the states
C) are given to the states
D) are given to the cities
  • 15. The slave trade would be stopped under the
A) Virginia Plan
B) New Jersey Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 16. Slaves would not be included in state population counts under the
A) Virginia Plan
B) New Jersey Plan
C) Northern Plan
D) Southern Plan
  • 17. The number of representatives from each state would be based on state population under the
A) Northern Plan
B) Virginia Plan
C) New Jersey 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) Northern Plan
D) Southern Plan
  • 19. Slaves would be INCLUDED in state population counts
A) Southern Plan
B) Virginia Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 20. The slave trade would NOT be stopped
A) Justin Bieber Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Northern Plan
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