Federalists V Anti-Federalists Review

What was the Anti-Federalists’ greatest concern about ratifying the U.S. Constitution?

• The lack of a federal court system

• The lack of legislative veto power

• The lack of a strong military

• The lack of a bill of rights

The statement below appeared in a 1787 essay by James Winthrop.

"It is impossible for one code of laws to suit Georgia and Massachusetts"

What does this statement reflect?

• Federalist views

• Anti-Federalist views

• a cause of Shay's Rebellion

• a cause of the Great Compromise

The excerpt below is from Anti-Federalist No. 84 .

The principles, therefore, upon which the social compact is founded, ought to have been clearly and

precisely stated, and the ... full declaration of rights to have been made. But on this subject there is

almost an entire silence.

According to this excerpt, what was a major complaint during the debate over the ratification of the

U.S. Constitution?

• the states having too much power

• the lack of a strong central government

• the lack of a bill of rights

• the executive branch being too weak

What title completes the table?

• Patriots and Loyalists

• Federalist and Anti-Federalists

• New Jersey Plan and Virginia Plan

• Articles of Confederation and U.S. Constitution

Anti-Federalist believed that the “necessary and proper” claus in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution would?

• Protect citizen's rights

• Give Congress too much power

• Protect state's rights

• Give the states too much power

Define Federalists

• a group of people in the early United States who favored the establishment of a strong national government and who worked for ratification of the U.S. Constitution

• a group of people in the early United States who opposed ratification of the U.S. Constitution because they feared a strong national government and a lack of protection for individual rights

Define Anti-Federalists

• a group of people in the early United States who favored the establishment of a strong national government and who worked for ratification of the U.S. Constitution

• a group of people in the early United States who opposed ratification of the U.S. Constitution because they feared a strong national government and a lack of protection for individual rights

Define ratification

• the process of formally approving something; ratification of the U.S. Constitution

• a system of government in which the people elect representatives to make policies and laws for them, also known as a republic

Where did the Constitutional Convention take place?

• New York

• Boston

• Philadelphia

• Washington, D.C.

Who is considered the "Father of the Constitution"?

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison