Federalist, Anti-Federalist and the Bill of Rights

What is ratification?

• The act of rejecting a decision or agreement
• The process of making something valid or legally acceptable
• Official approval or confirmation of a decision or agreement.
• The act of proposing a new decision or agreement

What were the beliefs of a Federalist? Choose two answers.

• Belief in a strong central government

• Support the ratification of the Constitution

• Belief in a weak central government
• Support for a state bank

What were the beliefs of the Anti-Federalists? Choose three answers.

• Belief in a strong central government
• Advocacy for limiting individual rights
• Belief in a weaker central government

• Protection of individual rights

• Opposed the ratification of the Constitution.

How did the beliefs of the Federalists and Anti-Federalist influence the ratification of the constitution?

• It led to the addition of the Bill of Rights.

• It led to the Revolutionary War.

• It had no impact on the ratification of the Constitution.

• It led to the Three-Fifths Compromise

What is the amending process?

• The amending process involves approval from 3/5 of both houses in Congress and 2/3 approval from the states.

• The amending process involves approval from 1/2 of both houses in Congress and 2/3 approval from the states.

• The amending process involves voting on changes without proposing or debating them.
• The amending process involves approval from 2/3 of both houses in Congress and 3/4 approval from the states.

What documents influenced the Bill of Rights. Choose two answers.

• Roman Twelve Tables
• English Bill of Rights

• French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

What is the Preamble of the Constitution?

• A list of all the laws in the Constitution
• A recipe for making the Constitution
• A summary of the President's duties
• An introductory statement to the Constitution.

What is the purpose of the Preamble of the Constitution?

• To establish fundamental principles, structures, processes of government, and protect citizens' rights.

• To limit the power of the monarchy and establish the rights of Parliament.

• To establish a written legal code and ensure citizens' awareness of their rights and obligations under Roman law.

• To establish a self-governing agreement among the Pilgrims