Question

Before the Constitution was even written, two parties emerged vying for a direction for America. Name them and their characteristics.

The Federalists wanted a strong Federal government, and the Republicans wanted freer elections
The Anti-Federalist were against a strong government, and the Whigs wanted States to have more power
The Whigs wanted a standing militia, and the Federalists wanted a Federal Reserve.
The Federalists wanted a strong centralized government, and the Anti-Federalist wanted to restrict the Federal government and give states more freedoms and legal control.

Answer 1

Although the Founding Fathers of the United States did not originally intend for American politics to be partisan, early political controversies in the 1790s saw the emergence of a two-party political system, the Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party, centred on the differing views on federal government

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Answer 2

The answer is the last one, “The federalists wanted a strong centralized government, and the Anti-Federalist wanted to restrict the Federal government and give states more freedoms and legal control”