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Chapter 9 Social Studies Test
Contributed by: Molnar
  • 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 Bourne Identity
B) The electorial college
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) slave state
B) a national court system
C) republic
D) Northwest Ordinance
  • 4. The Supreme Court is part of the
A) Legislative Branch
B) Electorial College
C) Executive Branch
D) Judicial Branch
  • 5. Which of these was a part of the national government under the Articles of Confederation?
A) a king
B) a queen
C) a national legislature
D) a grand old flag
  • 6. The executive branch is responsible for carrying out the nation's _________________
A) census
B) coins and money
C) taxes
D) laws
  • 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 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) The Preamble to the Constitution
B) Northwest Ordinance
C) Annapolis Convention
D) Articles of Confederation
  • 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 created a new national army
B) Each state started printing its own money
C) Congress called the Constitutional Convention
D) The Articles of Confederation were written
  • 12. The Three-fifths Comprimise that was reached at the Constitutional Convention involved the :
A) number of houses of Congress to be created
B) number of British citizens allowed to live in the United States
C) amount of power that was given to the national government
D) counting of slaves for the purposes of representation and taxation
  • 13. The Delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in
A) New York
B) Boston
C) Narnia
D) Philadelphia
  • 14. In a federal system of government, power and authority
A) are given to the cities
B) belong only to the people of the states
C) are given to the states
D) are shared by the national and state governments
  • 15. The slave trade would be stopped under the
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) Southern 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) Southern 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) Southern Plan
D) Virginia Plan
  • 19. Slaves would be INCLUDED in state population counts
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) Virginia Plan
  • 20. The slave trade would NOT be stopped
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Justin Bieber Plan
D) Northern Plan
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