Question 387 • Crowley Credit Recovery Algebra II B
Read the passage by Robert Yates, who was a politician and a judge.[I]t appears that the general government, when completely organized, will absorb all those powers of the state which the framers of its constitution had declared should be only exercised by the representatives of the people of the state; . . . In a word, the new constitution will prove finally to dissolve all the power of the several state legislatures, and destroy the rights and liberties of the people; for the power of the first will be all in all, and of the latter a mere shadow and form without substance.–Robert Yates, New York Journal, Saturday, June 14, 1788
Answer
A
The US Constitution will result in a balance of power that favors the state governments.
B
The US Constitution will result in a balance of power that favors the federal government.
C
The US Constitution will not affect the balance of power between the federal and state governments.
D
The US Constitution will result in an equal balance of power between the federal and state governments.
Explanation
Yates warns that the general government will absorb powers belonging to the states and leave state legislatures with little real authority. This means he believed the Constitution would shift the balance of power toward the federal government. Choice B matches his concern; he was not arguing for an equal balance or for stronger state governments.
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