MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE BILL OF RIGHTS THE CONSTITUTIONS FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Federalists
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Anti-Federalists
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Upon ratification, James Madison introduced twelve amendments during the First Congress in 1789.
Detailed explanation-2: -Antifederalists argued that a bill of rights was necessary because, the supremacy clause in combination with the necessary and proper and general welfare clauses would allow implied powers that could endanger rights. Federalists rejected the proposition that a bill of rights was needed.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Federalists got their Constitution, and the Anti-Federalists got their Bill of Rights.
Detailed explanation-4: -George Mason proposed adding a bill of rights just five days before the Constitutional Convention ended.
Detailed explanation-5: -Anti-Federalism was a late-18th-century political movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution. The previous constitution, called the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, gave state governments more authority.