Exit Ticket 11/18 Slides 1-8 Constitutional Convention

In the spring of 1787, delegates met in Philadelphia to discuss changes to which document of the United States government?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Bill of Rights

• The Mayflower Compact

According to the description of the delegates, which group did NOT participate in the Constitutional Convention in 1787?

• Women and African Americans

• Landowners and lawyers

• Men who had served in Congress

• Business people from many states

What is the name now used for the 1787 meeting in Philadelphia where delegates discussed changing the Articles of Confederation?

• The Continental Congress

• The Constitutional Convention

• The Federalist Assembly

• The National Congress

Why did delegates believe the Articles of Confederation needed to be changed?

• They gave too much power to the president.

• They eliminated state governments.

• They made states identical in size and population.

• They did not give Congress enough power.

Some delegates wanted a federal system. In a federal system, which statement best describes how power is shared?

• States hold all power and the central government has none.

• The central government and states share power, but the central government has more power than the states.

• The central government has equal power with each state, and neither can override the other.

• Only local governments have authority; there is no central government.

According to James Madison’s Virginia Plan, what type of government protects people’s rights while keeping order and peace by letting citizens elect leaders to represent them?

• Republic

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Direct democracy

Under the Virginia Plan, the government would be split into three branches. Which function belongs to Congress in this plan?

• Carrying out laws

• Electing leaders

• Settling legal arguments

• Making laws

What concern led smaller states to reject part of the Virginia Plan and support the New Jersey Plan?

• The Virginia Plan gave equal votes to all states regardless of size.

• Representation based on population would give larger states more votes and power.

• The Virginia Plan eliminated Congress entirely.

• The Virginia Plan required states to pay higher taxes than before.

In the New Jersey Plan, how would representation in Congress be determined?

• Based on each state’s population

• By the amount of land each state owned

• By wealth measured in taxes paid

• Each state would get one vote

Which statement best summarizes what delegates accepted and rejected about the Virginia Plan?

• They rejected the entire plan and wrote a new constitution from scratch.

• They accepted most of the plan but opposed population-based representation in Congress.

• They accepted only the idea of one branch of government.

• They accepted equal voting for states of all sizes.