U.S. Constitution and Federalist vs. Anti-Federalist Quiz

What did the Anti-Federalists want to be included in the new Constitution?

• Separation of Powers

• More power for the President

• A stronger central government

• A Bill of Rights

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8.17A

Who were the authors of the Federalist Papers?

• George Washington, Thomas Paine, and John Hancock

• Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams

• Patrick Henry, George Mason, and Samuel Adams

• Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay

What did the Federalists believe in regarding the new Constitution?

• The need for a Bill of Rights

• A strong central government

• The President having too much power

• The states being too weak

What was the process for the states to ratify the new Constitution?

• Convention delegates in 9 out of 13 states must vote to ratify

• Direct voting by the people

• Approval by the state governors

• Approval by the British government

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8.17A

The Anti-Federalists believed the new Constitution would do all except? (Select the answer that is NOT true)

• The President would have too much power

• The States would have more power than the national government

• The need for a Bill of Rights

• The national government would become too strong

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8.17A

8.15A

“Having reviewed the general form of the proposed government and the general mass of power allotted to it, I proceed to examine the particular structure of this government, and the distribution of this mass of power among its parts. The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, … may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”

To which idea is Madison referring in Federalist Paper No. 47?

• The particular structure of the new government and the distribution of power among its different parts

• The Constitution creates a federal form of government

• The Constitution separates the powers of the national government

• The need for a Bill of Rights

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8.17A

8.15A