Question

The Federalists and Anti-Federalists debated over whether the Constitution should be ratified. Anti-Federalists opposed ratification of the Constitution, in part because it didn't do a good enough job of protecting individual rights. What was eventually added to the Constitution that solved this issue for the Anti-Federalists? Question 5 options:

a) A Bill of Rights
b) A Bill of Attainder
c) A Declaration of Rights
d) An Article of Rights

Answer 1

A) The Bill of Rights. Adding it was the only way to get most anti federalist to ratify the constitution.