Question

After the Constitution was written in 1787, what did the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists want? A. The Federalists wanted the Constitution amended to describe the national government as a federal system; the Anti-Federalist wanted the Constitution to establish a parliamentary system of government. B. The Federalists wanted to add a clause to the Constitution that outlawed slavery; the Anti-Federalists wanted a guarantee that slavery would not be abolished for 20 years. C. The Federalists wanted the Constitution to be ratified as written; the Anti-Federalists wanted the Constitution to include a Bill of Rights to protect individual freedoms and limit the power of the national government. D. The Federalists wanted to abolish state governments and give their power to the federal government; the Anti-Federalists wanted each state government to be more powerful than the federal government.

Answer 1

C. The federalists wanted the constitution to be ratified as written; the Anti-Federalists wanted the constitution to include a Bill of Rights to protect individual freedoms and limit the power of the national government, is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

The ones who favoured the ratification of the new constitution drafted at the constitutional convention were known as Federalists, while those who opposed it were known as Anti Federalists. The federalists wanted the constitution to be ratified as written because they believed that the new Constitution was perfect and in place o Bill of Rights congress could propose amendments in future, but the anti federalists wanted the Bill of Rights to be added in the constitution so as to prevent the federal government from encroaching upon the state powers. They were afraid that the central government would become too powerful without the Bill of Rights.