Federalism
What feature of our system of government expresses the federalism at its core
Power is shared between a national government and more local governments, which in the US are called states.
What were the Federalists seeking through the Constitution?
What is a stronger national government
What were the Federalists seeking, through opposition to the Constitution?
What is to preserve individual freedoms
What protection did the Anti-Federalists demand that played a major role in gaining passage for the Constitution?
What is adding a Bill of Rights
What is the phrase we use to describe the advantage that Federalism provides in that individual states can experiment with a law or policy. allowing the rest of the nation to see if it works well.
What is "Labratory of Democracy"
Name the three most prominent Federalists, who together wrote almost all of the 85 Federalist Papers
Who are Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Name three prominent Anti-Federalists
Who were Patrick Henry, George Mason, and Richard Henry Lee. Also George Clinton, Samuel Adams
How many states had to ratify the Constitution before it went into effect for all states?
What is 9 states.
What amendment, part of the Bill or Rights, most directly protects the concept of Federalism?
What is the 10th amendment
The failure of this first US government was often cited as a reason for a stronger central government
What are the Articles of Confederation
Why did the Anti-Federalists write under pen names such as Brutus and Cato?
What is because the Romans who first bore these names opposed the tyranny of Julius Caesar, and they feared that the Constitution would take us from a Republic to an Empire, just as Caesar had done in Rome.
When this state ratified the Constitution it became the law of the land
What is New Hampshire
Name one country other than the US that is a Federation?
What is Canada or Switzerland or Germany or Australia.
The support of this single man was an important argument for many in favor of the Constitution
Who was George Washington
Why did the Anti-Federalists fear the Article 3 powers of the Federal Judiciary?
What is because they feared it would weaken and make irrelevant the state courts.
Which if the Federalists or Anti-Federalists favored democracy most strongly?
What are the Anti-Federalists
Why did the framers think that Federalism was crucial to protecting our freedoms?
What is because much, even most, of the power governments were given would be exercised closer to the people.
Tom Richey cited a well known saying regarding what the Federalists feared most and what the Anti-Federalists feared most. What was that saying?
What is "The Federalists feared the people more than the government, and the Anti-Federalists feared the government more than the people?
Why did the Anti-Federalists fear the article II powers of the executive branch?
What is because they feared it would invite a return to monarchy, which would mean a loss of individual rights.
What is the Federal Government can only do what it has expressly been given the power to do, so there's nothing to worry about, and what is because if we list some rights then some people might think those are the only rights retained by the people.