Federalist VS Anti-Federalist

The Constitution contains no Bill of Rights to protect individual liberties like freedom of speech, trial by jury, and the right against searches and seizures.

• Federalist

• Antifederalist

The Constitution gives too much power to the central government, overpowering the states.

• Federalist

• Antifederalist

The President created by the Constitution is really just a king.

• Federalist

• Antifederalist

The Constitution says federal laws are “the supreme law of the land,” so the federal government could just take complete control.

• Federalist

• Antifederalist

What describes the POV of Anti-Federalists on the ratification of the US Constitution?

• It should never become law
• There should be no changes
• Individual rights should be included
• The central government should be stronger

AntiFederalists criticized the US Constitution because governing power was concentrated in the

• National Government
  
• State legislatures
• Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
• President's Cabinet

I am a wealthy businessman 

• Federalist
• Antifederalist

I am a poor farmer

• Federalist
• Antifederalist

The limits of the power given to the federal government are not clear and will result in the president becoming a monarch. More limits should be made through a Bill of Rights.

Would would argue this?

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalist

A free government requires the active support of the people. The new government would be so large that people would not be involved in government, leading eventually to the government taking too much power.

Who would fear this?

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalist