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Read the text from the Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution. Then answer the question that follows

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the
people
How does this amendment reflect the beliefs of Anti-Federalists?
OA
Anti-Federalists feared that rights granted to individuals under the Constitution might be violated by state governments
Anti-Federalists feared that individual state constitutions would grant citizens rights that were not protected at the federal level.
С
Anti-Federalists supported empowering the states at the expense of the federal government as they believed the states could better protect the rights of the people
D
Anti-Federalists supported expanding the power of the federal government relative to the states because a powerful executive was needed to protect the people

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Answer:

I would Choose answer C

Step-by-step explanation:

Because the Anti-federalists were heavily against tyrannical governments that ruled from far away and saw first hand how destructive they are

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