1. UNIT 3
FEDERALISTS VS
ANTI-FEDERALISTS
Coach Sparks

2. Once the Constitution is written it must go to the states for their approval
People will be able to vote for or against the Constitution

3. FEDERALISM – a system of government in which power is shared between the states and the national government

4. Two groups begin to develop:
1) FEDERALISTS – want the Constitution to pass as is
YES!!

5. 2) ANTI-FEDERALISTS – do NOT want the Constitution to pass as is

6. FEDERALISTS
The Constitution is awesome! I think everyone should rush out and vote for it!

7. FEDERALISTS
1) Supported taking some powers from the states and giving them to the national government

8. 2) Wanted to divide powers among the different branches of government
FEDERALISTS
2) Wanted to divide powers among the different branches of government
EXECUTIVE
JUDICIAL
LEGISLATIVE

9. 3) Wanted a single person to lead the executive branch
FEDERALISTS
3) Wanted a single person to lead the executive branch

10. ANTI-FEDERALISTS
The Constitution is not worth the paper it is printed on! Where is the Bill of Rights?

11. 1) Wanted the states to keep the most important powers
ANTI-FEDERALISTS
1) Wanted the states to keep the most important powers

12. EXECUTIVE (PRESIDENT)
ANTI-FEDERALISTS
2) Wanted the legislative branch to have more power than the executive branch
EXECUTIVE (PRESIDENT)
LEGISLATIVE (CONGRESS)

13. ANTI-FEDERALISTS
3) Feared a single person in the executive branch might become a king or tyrant

14. ANTI-FEDERALISTS
4) Believed a Bill of Rights need to be added to the Constitution to protect people’s rights

15. Both sides published their viewpoints in newspapers, pamphlets, etc.

16. THE FEDERALIST PAPERS – a series of essays which supported the Federalists viewpoint (wanted the Constitution to pass)

17. The Federalists Papers were written by such men as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay

18. Federalists had an advantage because most newspapers supported their cause

19. Federalist Highlight
Large Federal Republic (10)
In a federal republic, power is divided vertically between a general (federal) government and state governments. Two levels of government, each supreme in its own sphere, can exercise powers separately and directly on the people.

20. Federalist Highlight
Republicanism (10)
A republican government is one "in which the scheme of representation takes place." It is based on the consent of the governed because power is delegated to a small number of citizens who are elected by the rest.

21. Federalist #51 Defends the Constitution
Explains why a strong gov’t is necessary
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.”
Defends separation of powers between state and national gov’t

22. Federalist Highlight
Separation of Powers (51)
Executive: Power to appoint judges, sole power to wage war
Legislative: Power to write laws, sole power to declare war
Judicial: Sole power to interpret the law and apply it to particular disputes

23. By June of 1788 a total of 9 states had ratified (passed) the Constitution
9 states were required to officially make it the legal form of government

24. Two very important states though, Virginia and New York, had not yet passed it and were needed

25. Two important Virginians, GEORGE MASON and PATRICK HENRY were against the Constitution

26. Virginia finally passes it once they are convinced it will soon add a Bill of Rights

27. New York passes it once they hear Virginia had
Rhode Island is the last state to officially ratify it in 1790

28. BILL OF RIGHTS – the first ten amendments to the Constitution
Insures personal rights to each U.S. citizen

29. Take a moment and reflect….
Do the Anti-Federalists care more about protecting individual rights or promoting the common good?
Do the Federalists care more about protecting individual rights or promoting the common good?

30. Individual Rights
The Anti-Federalists were more concerned with protecting the rights of the individual people and states, then promoting the pubic good as a whole.

31. Common Good
The Federalists were more concerned with promoting the common good of everyone then protecting individual rights

32. Quote Throw down!
You will be shown a quote and you must decide WHO SAID THIS?
The Anti-Federalists or the Federalists
You will work in groups, and write the answer on your white board
Do not show other groups.
You will reveal your answer on the count of three.

33. Quote #1:
“All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born; the other, the mass of people…. The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore the first class a ….permanent share in the government….they therefore will ever maintain good government.”
Who said it? _______________________

34. Quote #1
Who said it?
FEDERALISTS

35. Quote #2:
“It must be by this time evident to all men…that (the Articles of Confederation) is a system so radically vicious and unsound as to admit….an entire change.”
Who said it? _______________________

36. Quote #2
Who said it?
FEDERALISTS

37. Quote #3:
“Our country is too large to have all affairs directed by a single government.”
Who said it? _______________________

38. Quote #3
Who said it?
ANTI-FEDERALISTS

39. Quote #3:
“The small landowners are the most precious part of the state.”
Who said it? _______________________

40. Quote #3
Who said it?
ANTI-FEDERALISTS

41. Quote #4:
“I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground – that all powers not delegate (given) to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states, or to the people….”
Who said it? _______________________

42. Quote # 4
Who said it?
ANTI-FEDERALIST

43. Quote #5:
“The powers contained in the constitution….ought to be construed liberally in advancement of the public good.”
Who said it? _______________________

44. Quote # 5
Who said it?
FEDERALISTS

45. Quote #6:
“I am not among those who fear the people. They, not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom.”
Who said it? _______________________

46. Quote #6
Who said it?
ANTI-FEDERALISTS

47. Quote #7:
"I had rather be a free citizen of the small republic of Massachusetts, than an oppressed subject of the great American empire."
Who said it? _______________________

48. Quote #7
Who said it?
ANTI-FEDERALISTS

49. Quote #8:
"I had rather be a free citizen of the small republic of Massachusetts, than an oppressed subject of the great American empire."
Who said it? _______________________

50. Quote #8:
“Among the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction.”
Who said it? _______________________

51. Quote #9
Who said it?
FEDERALISTS

52. Quote #10:
“An elective [monarchy] was not the government we fought for; but one in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among the several bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others.”
Who said it? _______________________

53. Quote # 10
Who said it?
FEDERALISTS

54. Quote #11:
“When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
Who said it? _______________________

55. Quote #11
Who said it?
ANTI-FEDERALISTS

56. Quote #12:
“… the power vested in congress of sending troops for suppressing insurrections will always enable them to stifle the first struggles of freedom."
Who said it? _______________________

57. Quote #12
Who said it?
ANTI-FEDERALISTS

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