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Read the excerpt from the Publius.In republican government, the [lawmaking] authority necessarily [has the most power]. The remedy for this…is to divide the legislature into different branches; and to render them…as little connected with each other [as possible]. —Publius

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the Anti-Federalist idea that dividing the government into branches will not stop abuses of power
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the Federalist idea that lawmaking power should be divided among the different branches of government
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the Anti-Federalist idea that lawmaking should be a matter for states, not the federal government
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the Federalist idea that branches of government should overlap so they can check on each other’s activities
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It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices [checks and balances] should be necessary to control the abuses of government… If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

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We need government so we have a means to control our leaders.
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We need government because people are flawed.
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We don’t need government because people are well behaved.
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We don’t need government because it has too many checks and balances.
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Anti-Federalists argued that

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branches of government would keep each other in balance.
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the Constitution would make states less powerful.
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the Constitution would create a Republican government.
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a Republic should protect people from the government and from each other.
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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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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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The Anti-Federalists wanted to

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ratify the Constitution.
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refuse to vote on ratifying the Constitution.
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ensure the Bill of Rights was included in the Constitution.
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convince Federalists to ratify the Constitution.
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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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Read the following excerpt from The Objections of the Hon. George Mason to the Proposed Federal Constitution: Addressed to the Citizens of Virginia, written in 1787.There is no declaration of rights: and the laws of the general government being paramount to the laws and constitutions of the several states, the declarations of rights, in the separate states, are no security.

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a bill of rights
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a congress
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a president
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a military
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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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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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