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CLEP US History I

Category - Politics

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Which of the following groups insisted on the inclusion of the Bill of Rights to ratify the Constitution?
  1. Native Americans
  2. The Federalists
  3. The Tories
  4. The Anti-Federalists
  5. The landed gentry
Explanation
Answer: D - The Anti-Federalists insisted on the Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution before they would ratify it. Because the Anti-Federalists were strong advocates of state's rights and feared a strong central government, they wanted to the protection of the individual rights that the Bill of Rights ensured. The Federalists were primarily concerned with the structure of Constitution, and were generally in favor of the protection offered to individual right included.
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