Federalists vs Antifederalists

Who are the Federalists?

• People who supported the Constitution

• People who were against the Constitution

• People who wanted to add the Bill of Rights to the Constitution

• People who supported the Articles of Confederation

Federalists wanted....

• a weak central (national) government

• a strong central (national) government

• a Bill of Rights

• strong state government

What series of essays were written by Hamilton, Jay, and Madison to convince people to ratify the Constitution?

• Federalist Papers

• Common Sense

• Antifederalist Papers

• The American Crisis

These group of people were called the ______ and they didn't support the ratification of the Constitution

• Federalists

• Whip Party

• Independent Party

• Antifederalists

The Antifederalists wanted

• a strong central (national) government

• weak state government

• weak central (national) government

• to deny the Bill of Rights

Did the Antifederalists support adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution?

• no

• yes

What was the Antifederalist response to the Federalist Papers?

• Common Sense

• Antifederalist Papers

• The American Crisis

• Walden

These people were all Antifederalists except for

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• Patrick Henry

• George Mason

Antifederalists believed the Constitution benefitted the wealthy more than the __________

• British

• common man

• American colonists

• Patriots

These people are all Federalists except for

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson