During the twenty years before the Civil War much happened in the United States. Each political‚ social‚ or economic happening had its own part in causing the Civil War. One of the bloodiest events was something termed "Bleeding Kansas‚" which was caused by the inception of the Kansas-Nebraska Act into United States Law. The Act was introduced to Congress by Stephen A. Douglas in an attempt to establish the Kansas and Nebraska territories. The Kansas-Nebraska Bill caused territorial problems that
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Jefferson and James Madison‚ were always characterized by following the strict construction of the constitution. The Federalists‚ led by Alexander Hamilton‚ were characterized by following the broad construction of the constitution. The presidencies of Jefferson and Madison proved this characterization to be somewhat accurate. Although the Democratic Republicans and the Federalists did support their own ideas and views‚ they also did many things that contradicted them. The Democratic Republicans
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Anti-Federalists Against too much Power After the revolutionary war against britain the newly independent country made a new government. within the government to parties arose known as the Federalist and antifederalist. The Federalist were all for a strong government while the Anti-Federalist favored a weaker government.So when the Federaist tried to make a constitution that gave the government more power the Anti-Federalist refused to ratify the constitution. One of the reasons the Anti-Federalist
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i am going to be talking about the united states political parties. There are two political parties in the United States of America and those two political parties are ‚ federalist and Anti-Federalist. Both of these political parties were made in the 1600’s ‚ which was a very long time ago. The Federalist and Anti-Federalist both have separate opinions about things ‚so they dont always agree. In fact ‚ever
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the Anti-Federalists Opposed to Ratifying the Constitution? In 1788‚ the ratification process began for the Constitution. Previously‚ in 1787‚ the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia drafted the document. It was signed by forty-two of the original fifty-five delegates at the convention. The remaining members refused to sign and returned to their states to stand firm against ratification. Those who did not agree with the ratification of the Constitution were known as anti-federalists. Those
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the pursuit of happiness. The anti-Federalists were made up of anyone who was poor and not a big landowner‚ anyone tired of being controlled‚ anyone who wanted the people’s votes to directly count and anyone who wanted to protect their rights. The anti-Federalists were made up of all different types of people‚ while the Federalists were mainly upper class. The anti-Federalists represented the United States population as a whole better than the Federalists. When it came to the way the government
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its contents. This is where the fight to ratify the constitution began. The Anti-Federalists had many central arguments against the adoption of the Constitution. The proponents‚ the Federalist proposed a better argument for defending the ratification of the new Constitution which caused them to prevail. The Anti-Federalist were those men who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1789. The Federalists were those who favored
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votes towards population‚ and the senate has 2 votes per state. A debate in between the federalists‚ believe the constitution should be ratified‚ and the anti-federalists‚ believe the constitution should not be ratified. The United States Constitution overcame the struggles of the Articles of Confederation and organized the new government by having a debate between the federalists and the Anti-federalists. The Articles of Confederation is the original constitution of the United States. The
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the history of the United States. The election was a great clash of powers between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans who believed the winner could possibly set the path of America’s government‚ possibly forever. The Democratic-Republicans believed if the federalists won they would destroy the republic‚ and get rid of liberty that the American people fought for n the American Revolution. Federalists‚ months before the election‚ tried to implement the Alien and sedition Acts which were
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important to know about them? In this passage this is going to talk about why it is important to talk about the political parties. The government has many political parties but in 1796-1828 there were two major parties called the Federalist and Antifederalist. A Federalist is a person who desire to establish a strong central government they also follow laws and are more formal. An Antifederalist is a person who doesn’t follow the laws.The previous constitution called the the articles of confederation
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