Federalist & Anti-Federalist Review

This is the name of the official process of approving the U.S. Constitution.

• compromise

• ratification

• amendment

• federalism

Which group of people liked the Constitution and wanted to ratify it without making any changes?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Democrats

• Republicans

All of the following were leading figures in the Federalist movement except for...

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• John Jay

• George Mason

This was a collection of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay that explained the Constitution and encouraged people to ratify it.

• Essays of Government

• Anti-Federalist Documents

• Federalist Papers

• Ratification Papers

These people were against ratifying the Constitution because they thought it made the central government too powerful and didn't protect people's rights.

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Democrats

• Republicans

All of the following people were leaders of the Anti-Federalist movement except for...

• Patrick Henry

• Samuel Adams

• George Mason

• Alexander Hamilton

Which side said: "This new Constitution takes away too many of the powers of the states and grants them to the central government...it shall become a dictatorship before too long!"

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalist

Which side said: "This new Constitution gives the national government the power to create an army, which will help protect us against things like Shays' Rebellion or an invasion by Great Britain."

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalist

Which side said: "You should not worry about the government becoming too powerful under the new Constitution. Checks and balances will make sure no branch of government becomes all powerful."

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalist

Which side said: "This Constitution lacks a Bill of Rights! We cannot approve a government in which our freedoms of speech and of religion are not guaranteed!"

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalist