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) Stated people's desires to declare war on Britain
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) a system of checks and balances
B) The electorial college
C) The Bourne Identity
D) the Twenty-Fifth Comprimise
  • 3. When the people elect representatives to run the country, it is called a ________________________
A) slave state
B) a national court system
C) Northwest Ordinance
D) republic
  • 4. The Supreme Court is part of the
A) Legislative Branch
B) Judicial Branch
C) Electorial College
D) Executive Branch
  • 5. Which of these was a part of the national government under the Articles of Confederation?
A) a grand old flag
B) a king
C) a queen
D) a national legislature
  • 6. The executive branch is responsible for carrying out the nation's _________________
A) laws
B) census
C) taxes
D) coins and money
  • 7. Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress has the authority to _________________
A) raise taxes
B) build bridges
C) print money
D) elect a king or queen
  • 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) The population of the state
C) The amount of rich families in the state
D) whatever Brittany's D.A.R.E Report says there should be
  • 9. Setting up a system so that new states could be formed was the purpose of the ______________________
A) Northwest Ordinance
B) Articles of Confederation
C) Annapolis Convention
D) The Preamble to the Constitution
  • 10. Each state has __________ senators
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
  • 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 created a new national army
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) 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) Boston
B) New York
C) Philadelphia
D) Narnia
  • 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) Northern Plan
B) Virginia Plan
C) Southern Plan
D) New Jersey Plan
  • 16. Slaves would not be included in state population counts under the
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Northern Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) Southern Plan
  • 17. The number of representatives from each state would be based on state population under the
A) Southern Plan
B) New Jersey Plan
C) Northern Plan
D) Virginia Plan
  • 18. Each state would have the SAME number of representatives to Congress under this plan
A) New Jersey Plan
B) Southern Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) Northern Plan
  • 19. Slaves would be INCLUDED in state population counts
A) Northern Plan
B) New Jersey Plan
C) Virginia Plan
D) Southern Plan
  • 20. The slave trade would NOT be stopped
A) Northern Plan
B) Justin Bieber Plan
C) New Jersey Plan
D) Southern Plan
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