Name:_____________________________
Foundations US1: Chapter 5-3
Ratifying the Constitution
Federalists and Antifederalists:
1) Voters elected ___________________________ to a convention that would decide
whether to accept or reject the Constitution.
2) Ratification, official approval, required the agreement of at least ________(#) states
3) Supporters of the Constitution called themselves ___________________________
while opponents were called ___________________________
4) Antifederalists feared that governments would serve the interests of the
___________________________. They also doubted that a single government could
manage the affairs of a ___________________________. Finally they were worried
about the Constitution’s lack of protection for ___________________________.
5)
The
Federalist
side
was
___________________________,
supported
by
urban
centers
___________________________,
where
and
___________________________ saw the benefit that a strong government would have
on
trade.
Also
_______________________
states
and
ones
with
weak
___________________________ favored a stronger government.
6) Antifederalists received support from ___________________________ areas where
they
feared
that
a
strong
___________________________.
government
would
add
to
their
___________________________ states and those
with strong economies were also opposed at first.
7) The Federalist, was a series of 85 essays defending the Constitution, written by
___________________________, ___________________________, and John Jay. They
explained how the government would work and how people’s rights would be protected.
8) Letters from a Federal Farmer was the most well-known Antifederalist publication
where they listed rights that they wanted protected such as Freedom of the
____________________,
and
___________________________,
searches of homes, and the right to a ___________________________
no
unreasonable
The Bill of Rights Leads to Ratification:
9)
Antifederalist
argued
that
the
people
needed
a
national
___________________________. The Federalists argued that the Constitution only gave
limited power to the government and therefore it could not violate the people’s rights.
10) In the end the Federalists promised to add a Bill of Rights if the states would ratify
the ___________________________.
11) ___________________________ was the first state to ratify the constitution in
December 1787, and in June 1788 ___________________________ fulfilled the
requirement when it became the 9th state to ratify it.
12) Nevertheless, __________________________ and ___________________________
still had not voted and were needed to have our country function properly.
(they
eventually ratify it in close votes after much debate)
13) The last state to ratify the constitution was ___________________________ in 1790.
14) In September 1789 congress submitted 12 amendments, 10 of which passed and
became known as the ___________________________.