Speaker 1: Now that we are independent, Americans should create a government that mirrors the government of Great Britain.Speaker 2: After experiencing the tyranny of Great Britain, Americans know how important it is to limit the government's power.Speaker 3: Our victory in the Revolutionary War proved that Americans have the wisdom to choose good leaders.Speaker 4: As former colonies, the American states are likely to thrive under a system of strong centralized government.Which speaker is most likely a Federalist?A.Speaker 3B.Speaker 2C.Speaker 1D.Speaker 4SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read these statements:Speaker 1: The country definitely needs to have a strong executive.Speaker 2: The federal government should have the power to collect taxes.Speaker 3: It's important that the Constitution include a bill of rights.Speaker 4: A permanent army will be useful for protecting the country.Which speaker would most likely be aligned with the Anti-Federalists in the fight over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution?A.Speaker 3B.Speaker 4C.Speaker 2D.Speaker 1SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read these statements:Speaker 1: A permanent army endangers the liberties of the people.Speaker 2: The legislature set up by the Constitution doesn't have enough members.Speaker 3: The last thing we want is a federal government that is too strong.Speaker 4: A bill of rights could end up limiting which rights are protected by the federal government.Which speaker would most likely be aligned with the Federalists in the fight over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution?A.Speaker 2B.Speaker 1C.Speaker 4D.Speaker 3

Which quotation from the Federalist Papers5 is most clearly a response to the Anti-Federalist argument that politicians within a strong federal government might try to take over the country?A.Yet however requisite a sense of national character may be, it is evident that it can never be sufficiently possessed by a numerous and changeable body.B.Before such a revolution can be effected, the Senate, it is to be observed, must in the first place corrupt itself; must next corrupt the State legislatures; must then corrupt the House of Representatives; and must finally corrupt the people at large.C.And yet it is evident that an assembly elected for so short a term as to be unable to provide more than one or two links in a chain of measures, on which the general welfare may essentially depend, ought not to be answerable for the final result, any more than a steward or tenant, engaged for one year, could be justly made to answer for places or improvements which could not be accomplished in less than half a dozen years.D.Responsibility, in order to be reasonable, must be limited to objects within the power of the responsible party, and in order to be effectual, must relate to operations of that power, of which a ready and proper judgment can be formed by the constituents.

Read this excerpt from Federalist No. 45:The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected.2What does the excerpt suggest about Federalists?A.They preferred that most foreign-relations powers fell to the states rather than the federal government.B.They accused Anti-Federalists of backing a federal government that could easily become too powerful.C.They worried that, under the new Constitution, the legislative branch had more power than the executive branch.D.They believed the federal government should have the power to create and collect taxes.

Read this passage from the U.S. Constitution:We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.1Which statement reflects a main idea expressed in the passage?A.The federal government must work for the good of the people.B.The federal government must be fully independent from Great Britain.C.The federal government should not have the power to tax.D.The federal government is superior to state governments.