THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THEODORE ROOSEVELT THE PROGRESSIVES
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Question
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REVIEW:Antifederalists insisted that a bill of rights be added to the Constitution in order to
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grant more power to Congress
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provide a method of settling disputes between states
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prevent states from denying individuals the right to vote
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protect individual rights from the power of the central government
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution because they feared that the new national government would be too powerful and thus threaten individual liberties, given the absence of a bill of rights.
Detailed explanation-2: -Antifederalists responded that a bill of rights was needed to protect such basic liberties as freedom of speech and religion. Unless these rights were spelled out, they could be too easily ignored or denied by the government.
Detailed explanation-3: -Anti-Federalists feared that without a bill of rights the Constitution would not protect the rights of the people or of the states, making their federal government too powerful.
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