Federalists Fill in the Blank

The ​ (a)   supported the ​ (b)   of the constitution. They published a series of ​ (c)   in the ​ (d)   that are now called the Federalist Papers. These essays attempted to convice people to ​ (e)   ratification of the new Constitution.

• federalists
• ratification
• essays
• newspapers
• support
• internet
• antifederalists
• poems
• oppose

One of the main arguments in support of the Constitution was that the current ​ (a)   of ​ (b)   , America's first government, was too ​ (c)   to hold the union together. Unlike the antifederalists who believe that a republic could only succeed in a ​ (d)   country, the federalists believed that the large scale of the country would prevent special interest groups from gaining ​ (e)   of the governemnt.

• Articles
• Confederation
• weak
• small
• control
• Bill
• Rights
• strong
• large

The federalists argued that the power of the ​ (a)   government would be ​ (b)   in several ways. first it was limited by the system of ​ (c)   . This system split the power between the national ​ government and the ​ (d)   . Furthermore the ​ (e)   of powers into three different branches would also limit government.

• national
• limited
• federalism
• states
• separation
• mergin
• antifederalists

The executive, ​ (a)   , and judicial branches would each be able to ​ (b)   the power of the other two ​ (c)   . These systems the federalists believed would creat a sufficiently ​ (d)   government.

• legislative
• check
• branches
• limited
• abusive
• separate