(8.3.7) Federalists & Anti-Federalists Quiz

Organize the following opinions into a Federalist's view or Anti-Federalist's view

Groups:

(a) Federalists

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(b) Anti-Federalists

• A Bill of Rights is not needed and listing people's rights could actually be dangerous

• The elite should always have a say in government

• All people should be represented fairly and in large numbers

• Not everyone should have a say in true democracies

• States must play a larger role in the government because it reflect the "will of the people"

• A stronger federal government is needed over state government

• A Bill of Rights is needed. Without it, a government could do whatever it wanted

• The other side believes the rich are better than everyone else. That they are entitled to more

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Those who supported ratification of the Constitution were known as this:

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

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Those who opposed ratification of the Constitution were known as:

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalists

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Those who opposed ratification of the Constitution opposed it because they believed:

• it made the federal government too powerful

• there was no section guaranteeing our rights as U.S. citizens

• the Constitutional Convention shouldn’t have established an entirely new government

• ALL of the above

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Ratify means to:

• Approve

• Reject

• Ignore

• Change

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The Federalist Papers are a series of these that supported ratification of the Constitution:

• Books

• Essays

• Plays

• Movies

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Who was NOT a writer of the Federalist Papers

• George Washington

• John Jay

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

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