Question

Question

Analyze the impact of the Great Debate between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists regarding ratification of the U.S. Constitution.(1 point)
Responses

a. Americans permanently divided into two factions, even after the Constitution was ratified.

b. The Constitution would never work effectively because people disagreed on what it should contain.

c. Americans recognized that the Constitution was a document that could be modified when necessary.

d. James Madison realized he would need to create an entirely new Constitution for the nation.

Answer 1

The correct answer is c. Americans recognized that the Constitution was a document that could be modified when necessary.

Answer 2

What were Americans’ experiences with political compromise before the Constitution was ratified?(1 point)
Responses

Delegates to the Constitutional Convention agreed to many compromises to create the Constitution.
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention agreed to many compromises to create the Constitution.

Americans were in total agreement with one another as they drafted the new U.S. Constitution.
Americans were in total agreement with one another as they drafted the new U.S. Constitution.

Americans had never experienced political compromise because they focused on majority rule.
Americans had never experienced political compromise because they focused on majority rule.

Political compromise seemed impossible because of all the factions in the U.S.