Federalists
What document did the Federalists support ratification of?
Constitution
What document did Anti-Federalists oppose the ratification of?
What are the definitions of ratify and amend?
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
10
The right to a lawyer is included in what amendment?
6th Amendment
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison, John Hancock
Give me some famous examples of Anti-Federalists.
George Mason, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams
How many states needed to ratify the Constitution in order for it to become the new law?
9 states
The right to bear arms is what amendment?
2nd Amendment
Separation of church and state is included in what amendment?
1st Amendment
Did Federalists want the state government or the federal government to have more power?
Federal government (but not too much!)
Did Anti-Federalists want the state governments or the federal government to have more power?
state governments
There are three steps in the ratification process. What were they?
Constitutional Convention, State Conventions, State Approval (9)
Four of the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights specifically protect people who ___________
were accused of a crime
What do the Ninth and Tenth Amendments do?
limit the powers of the federal government
What was The Federalist Papers?
a series of newspaper articles written to educate people about the Constitution and get them to vote in favor of it
Why did Anti-Federalists not like the Constitution?
They were scared that the federal government would have too much power and that this would take power away from the states. They were also worried that the federal government would not protect the individual freedoms of Americans.
What is the process for amending the Constitution?
The amendment is proposed. It needs to be approved by 2/3 of both houses (Senate and House of Representatives) and by 3/4 of the states.
List the five freedoms of the First Amendment.
Speech, Religion, Press, Petition, Assembly
Answer should deal with an unreasonable search and seizure.
How did John Hancock and James Madison convince Anti-Federalists to vote for ratification of the Constitution?
They promised to add a Bill of Rights protecting individual freedoms after ratification.
Why was Patrick Henry worried about the wording of the preamble to the Constitution?
He thought it took power from the states AND He worried the government would overreach in forming "a more perfect union."
The process for ratifying the Articles of Confederation was that 13 states needed to approve it. The process for ratifying the Constitution was: Constitutional Convention, State Conventions, 9 States' Approval. Why did we change to this process?
The Articles of Confederation had taken years to ratify and the Federalists did not want to wait that long. AND People from each state could attend their state convention and have a direct say in ratification.
What concept in the Bill of Rights comes from the Enlightenment?
separation of religion and government
How did the addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution convince Anti-Federalists to ratify it?
The Bill of Rights protected individual freedoms and protected the power of the states which were both things that the Anti-Federalists were worried about.