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Federalists and Anti-Federalists Answers

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A faction is a group that

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strongly disagrees with another group.
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strongly favors ratifying the Constitution.
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strongly agrees with another group.
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strongly opposes ratifying the Constitution.
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Read the excerpt from the Publius.In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. —Publius

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They would agree but doubt the Constitution could make that happen.
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They would doubt that any central government could meet these goals.
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They would argue that the government does not need to control itself.
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They would agree and be confident that the Constitution meets those goals.
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Read the following excerpt from Federalist #3 by John Jay.The number of wars which have happened or will happen in the world will always be found to be in proportion to the number and weight of the causes, whether REAL or PRETENDED, which PROVOKE or INVITE them. If this remark be just, it becomes useful to inquire whether so many JUST causes of war are likely to be given by UNITED AMERICA as by DISUNITED America; for if it should turn out that United America will probably give the fewest, then it will follow that in this respect the Union tends most to preserve the people in a state of peace with other nations.

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Separate states are less likely to be economically prosperous.
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Separate states are less likely to preserve peace with other nations.
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Separate states are more likely to pass unfair taxes on citizens.
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Separate states are more likely to enforce laws with unfair penalties.
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He agreed with Alexander Hamilton and opposed the Constitution.
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He was a Federalist and opposed the Constitution.
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He was an Anti-Federalist and opposed the Constitution.
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He disagreed with Alexander Hamilton and favored the Constitution.
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What did Anti-Federalists fear would happen if the Constitution became law?

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Congress would have too much power over states.
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States would have too much freedom to make their own laws.
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Congress and states would have equal power.
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States would control which laws Congress made.
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Federalists believed a strong government would

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take too much power from the states.
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cause power struggles among states.
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encourage states to work together.
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make state government unnecessary.
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What was the Federalists’ view of the Constitution?

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They would approve of the Constitution only if Anti-Federalists favored it.
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They did not favor the Constitution.
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They would only favor the Constitution if major changes were made to it.
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They approved of the Constitution.
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What is the purpose of checks and balances in the Constitution?

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They would keep any one branch from having too much power.
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They would give the president power over matters related to money.
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They would allow states to have equal power with the federal government.
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They would give Federalists and Anti-Federalists equal power.
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Unlike the Anti-Federalists, the Federalists believed

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the president should be less powerful than the other two branches.
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the president should give more power to the states.
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the president should have unlimited power to govern the nation.
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the president should have enough power to lead.
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According to Anti-Federalists, the Constitution

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would make the president too weak.
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could make the president less powerful than Congress.
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could give the president too much influence.
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would make the president work closely with states.

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