Ratification Review

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Who believed that the Constitution must have a Bill of Rights added to protect the individual rights of the people?

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Anti-Federalists

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Who believed that the Constitution gave the national government too much power?

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Anti-Federalists

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The most important thing to remember about Shaye's Rebellion is........

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That it showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and how a better Constitution could be made.

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How did James Madison view the existence of “faction” in America?

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He feared faction but thought its effects could be managed by the existence of many competing factions.

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To James Madison, the size of the American nation should be

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large, so that many diverse groups could exist.

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Madison thought that the best form of government to handle the problem of factions was: direct democracy, autocracy, dictatorship, republic

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republic

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James Madison’s Federalist Paper #10 articulated the belief that the Constitution would:

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control the effects of factions

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What broad philosophical issue did Federalists and Anti-Federalists disagree about?

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The power of the federal government

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Which group argued that a national Bill of Rights would be unnecessary because the Constitution itself protected basic rights?

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Federalist

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Which group argued that the checks and balances in the Constitution prevented any one of the three branches from acquiring preponderant power?

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Federalists