Social Studies Chapter 9

Which was part of the national government under the Articles of Confederation?

• Iroquois League

• state government

• national legislature

• executive branch

According to the Constitution, each state has how many senators?

• four

• one

• three

• two

What system helps keep one branch of government from getting more power than the other two branches?

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Checks and Balances

• Articles of Confederation

• The Supreme Court

Which compromise dealt with the issue of counting slaves for purposes of taxation and representation?

• The Northern Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• The New Jersey Compromise

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

How were the Articles of Confederation and the Iroquois League similar?

• They were both forms of government.

• They brought different groups together.

• They were both examples of compromises.

• They were groups that prepared for war.

In a federal system of government, power and authority are shared by the ______________governments.

• House of Representatives and Senate

• national and federal

• legislative and executive

• national and state

How does a state determine how many representatives it will have in the House of Representatives?

• The governor decides how many people to send.

• It is based on the population of the state.

• The president decides how many people to send.

• Each state sends two people.

What did the Northwest Ordinance do?

• It gave states the power to conduct elections.

• It created the system of checks and balances.

• It gave Congress the authority to print money.

• It created a system that allowed new states to be formed.

The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan were suggested to solve which problem?

• Representation in Congress

• Counting Slaves

• Checks and Balances

• The Slave Trade

Which branch is the Supreme Court a part of?

• Congress

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Legislative Branch