Complete the chart to summarize the Anti-Federalist arguments against ratification of the Constitution.
Anti-Federalists:
Fear of govt at a
distance
“Necessary and
proper” clause
Presidential pardon
Power of national
courts
Treaties
Mixed powers of
executive and
legislative
Bill of Rights
Federalists:
1. What is The Federalist?
2. What was the Federalist argument for a strong national government?
3. What was the Federalist argument for election procedures for president and the Senate?
4. According to the Federalists, whose interests did each of the following parts of the national government
protect?
House of Representatives:
Senate:
Executive branch:
Judicial branch:
5. How did ratification finally succeed?
6. Do you agree more with the Anti-Federalists or the Federalists? Explain.
7. Is a good representative one who reflects and directly states his or her constituents’ views and characteristics or
one who enlarges these views in pursuit of a common, greater good? Explain.