Question

Federalists opposed the inclusion of a Bill of Rights in the new U.S. Constitution because of which of the following selections?

A. they preferred to preserve the Articles of Confederation
B. it was not a hotly-debated issue at the time
C. they did not believe in individual rights
D. they did not believe it was necessary, as many states already had a Bill of Rights

Answer 1

D. They did not believe it was necessary as many states already had a bill of rights is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Federalists rejected the Bill of Rights as they made distinction between the US constitution and state constitution. They argued that people delegate lots of power to the state constitutions which can regulate even their private and personal matter, the state government had broad authority over these matters. But in the US constitution only those powers would be given to the state constitutions which are not given to the states in their constitutions (everything that is unreserved for states) and whatever power was being given to the national government is of the general interest of the nation. Hence they opposed the need of the Bill of Rights.

Answer 2

D. BECAUSE Federalists believed that powers not given to the federal government would be retained to the people and the states.