Question

Anti-Federalists argued that

branches of government would keep each other in balance.
the Constitution would make states less powerful.
the Constitution would create a Republican government.
a Republic should protect people from the government and from each other.

Answer 1

the Constitution would make states less powerful.

Anti-Federalists feared the new Constitution created a strong national government that would usurp authority from state governments and threaten individual liberties (which is why they pushed for a Bill of Rights).