Federalists vs. Antifederalists

They wanted a strong central government and no Bill of Rights

• Federalists
• Anti-Federalists

The Constitution already contains a few rights, so we may as well add a whole Bill of Rights.

• Federalist
• Anti-Federalist

The United States is too large to have a central government. People won't know their leaders and will loose control over the government. 

• Federalist 
• Anti-Federalist

Alexander Hamilton and 
James Madison were....

• Federalist 
• Anti-Federalist

George Mason and Patrick Henry were... 

• Federalists
• Anti-Federalists

Federalists were ____ the Bill of Rights.  Anti-Federalists were _____ the Bill of Rights.

• against/for
• for/against
• against/against
• for/for

A Federalist is someone who supported

• sharing powers between the federal government and state governments
• giving all of the power to the federal government
• giving all of the power to the state governments
• giving all of the power to George Washington

Anti-Federalists feared

• strong state government
• strong federal government
• spiders
• weak federal and state governments

What was the purpose of the Federalist Papers?

• To make sure that the Constitution was not ratified
• To make sure that the Bill of Rights was included in the Constitution
• To gain support for ratification of the Constitution
• To encourage support for the war effort

Why did Federalists think that the individual rights would not be trampled on?

• The Constitution created a system of checks and balances
• Individual rights were less important than the power of the national government
• State governments would have more power than the national government
• It was impossible to trample on individual rights in a system of republican government