Federalist vs AntiFederalist Quiz 1 A political system

Federalist vs. Anti-Federalist Quiz • 1. A political system… – A. with the greatest possible democracy, turns popular demands into laws effectively – B. that gives elected representatives a lot of room to do what they want to or feel is best without having to worry about public opinion. • 2. A political system… – A. that can make major policy changes quickly – B. where major policy changes are very hard to create and happen rarely. • 3. A political system… – A. where the majority always wins – B. that allows a minority of citizens to block government actions that they feel are unjust or unfair to them.

• 4. A political system… – A. that seeks to make citizens unselfish and concerned with the common good – B. that assumes people are generally self-seeking and attempts to make the best of the fact. • 5. A political system… – A. with power distributed throughout the country to better represent the needs and wants of local people. – B. with power centralized in one place, to allow consistent policy across the nation.

Federalist vs. Anti-Fed. • • Define Federalist: Define Anti-Federalist: What is the beliefs of Federalist? What is the beliefs of Anti-Federalist?

Federalists and Antifederalists • The new Constitution created a strong national government with certain powers left to the states. • When it was published, the drastic changes surprised angered some people. They feared the idea of a toopowerful national government. • Federalists: supporters of the Constitution • Antifederalists: opponents of the Constitution

Federalist Beliefs • Support taking some power from states to give to National government • Divide powers among branches equally would protect the rights of the people. • The government would protect rights by weakening power of any interest or group to dominate government • Guard society from rulers & powers of the people.

Anti-Federalists • Anti-Federalist beliefs: – Constitution took away too much power from the people – Bill of Rights • to ensure rights of the people and keep national government from getting too powerful – Weak National Government strong State government – Congress & President had too much power

Bill of Rights • What are the Bill of Rights? • Identify and explain each bill of right.

Bill of Rights • First 10 amendments to the Constitution • a statement of fundamental rights and privileges to be protected from the government.

1 st Amendment • The 1 st Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition. • • • This means that we all have the right to: practice any religion we want to to speak freely to assemble (meet) to address the government (petition) to publish newspapers, TV, radio, Internet (press)

2 nd Amendment • The 2 nd Amendment protects the right to bear arms, which means the right to own a gun.

3 rd Amendment • The 3 rd Amendment says “No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. ” • This means that we cannot be forced to house or quarter soldiers.

4 th Amendment • The 4 th Amendment protects the people from unreasonable searches and seizures. • This means that the police must have a warrant to enter our homes. It also means the government cannot take our property, papers, or us, without a valid warrant based on probable cause (good reason).

5 th Amendment • The 5 th Amendment protects people from being held for committing a crime unless they are properly indicted, (accused) • You may not be tried twice for the same crime (double jeopardy) • You don’t have to testify against yourself in court. (Self-incrimination)

6 th Amendment • The 6 th Amendment guarantees a speedy trial (you can’t be kept in jail for over a year without a trial) • an impartial jury (doesn’t already think you are guilty) • that the accused can confront witnesses against them • the accused must be allowed to have a lawyer

7 th Amendment • The 7 th Amendment guarantees the right to a speedy civil trial. • A civil trial differs from a criminal trial. A civil trial is when someone sues someone else. A criminal trial is when the state tries to convict someone of a crime.

8 th Amendment • The 8 th Amendment guarantees that punishments will be fair and not cruel, and that extraordinarily large fines will not be set.

9 th Amendment • All rights not stated in the Constitution and not forbidden by the Constitution belong to the people. • This means that the states can do what they want if the Constitution does not forbid it.

10 th Amendment • The 10 th Amendment states that any power not granted to the federal government belongs to the states or to the people.