Federalists Vs. Anti Federalists
James Madison was a member of one of these groups
What is a Federalist?
All states sent delegates to the first Convention meeting in Philadelphia except for one that supported the Articles of Confederation
What is Rhode Island?
The number of the thirteen states approval needed to officially establish the Constitution
What is nine states?
Trade alternatives where one country attempts to compete with another by providing better goods or services
What is foreign competition?
The government structure alongside the Electoral College whose number of representatives were based on population
What is House of Representatives?
The series of anonymous essays published in newspapers in support of the Constitution
What are the Federalist Papers?
The idea that was proposed for every state to have a vote regardless of population
What is the New Jersey Plan?
The act of the state or government body agreeing to a treaty or contract, signing off on the agreement to make it official
What is ratification?
The act of trading goods and services to other countries for the purpose of profit
What is commerce?
The compromise that resolved the population status of slaves and solidified slavery as a common practice in the states
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Anti-Federalists were against the Constitution due to fear that the states would lose this
What is power?
Separation of power between government to ensure not one entity receives too much power
What is checks and balances?
Contained the first Ten Amendments to the Constitution to guarantee individual citizens rights
What is the Bill of Rights?
The compromise that made the federal government responsible for the regulation of foreign goods in the states
What is Commerce Compromise?
The year established that Congress could not ban the slave trade up until according to the Slave Trade Compromise
What is 1808?
The name that anonymous publishers used to print essays supporting the Constitution
What is Publius?
The proposal that suggested three branches of government and a balance of power
What is the Virginia Plan?
Virginia delegate who feared the creation of a new judicial system that would fail to understand state issues
Who is Edmund Randolph?
The reason why the agricultural economy of the South could have been impacted through the implementation of tariffs
What is taxation on raw materials?
The plan that pushed back the issue of slavery for decades in an attempt to focus on the Constitution
What is the Slave Trade Compromise?
Anti-Federalists biggest reason for opposing the Constitution was a lack of a guarantee of this
What is individual rights?
The person who proposed the Great Compromise that gave us our current system of government in 1787
Who is Roger Sherman?
The state that required convincing of the new federal government with the publishing of written works in order to gain their approval of the Constitution
What is New York?
The majority vote needed to decide commerce legislation from the U.S Senate
What is two-thirds majority?
The document that contained ideals of freedom that was used as a basis for proposing the complete removal of the slave trade
What is Declaration of Independence?