17. Why were women left out of the Constitution?
One reason women were left out of the Constitution was that the delegates at the Constitutional Convention were less concerned with individual rights than with making government more efficient. In a respect women were not actually left out of the Constitution because the Constitution was written to be as free of gender bias as eighteenth-century would allow. Another reason was the women’s political rights had not yet become an issue.
18. How is the Constitution amended? Make sure you know both steps and who may be involved in the process.
Stage one in amending the Constitution is that amendments may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress, or a constitutional convention …show more content…
The Anti-Federalists argued that a stronger national government must be accompanied by explicit safeguards against tyranny. The Anti-Federalists supported states’ rights.
20. What were the Federalists Papers and why were they so critical to ratification of the Constitution?
The Federalist Papers consist of eighty-five essays that provided rhetorical ammunition to those supporting ratification. Their immediate purpose was to influence the delegates to the New York convention, where ratification was in trouble. The Federalist Papers have profoundly affected the way Americans then and now have understood their government.
21. What does Federalist No. 10 argue?
Federalist No. 10 responds to the Antifederalists argument that a “large republic” cannot long survive. Madison set out the task of devising a republic in which a majority of citizens will be unable to tyrannize the minority. Madison says the rotten apple is factions. Factions are defined as a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community. Madison also identifies two ways to eliminate factions such as authoritarianism and conformism. Madison concludes by explaining how the republican form of government addresses the tyranny of the majority problem. In summary, Federalist No. 10 conveys the theory of pluralism that guided the Constitutions chief
One reason women were left out of the Constitution was that the delegates at the Constitutional Convention were less concerned with individual rights than with making government more efficient. In a respect women were not actually left out of the Constitution because the Constitution was written to be as free of gender bias as eighteenth-century would allow. Another reason was the women’s political rights had not yet become an issue.
18. How is the Constitution amended? Make sure you know both steps and who may be involved in the process.
Stage one in amending the Constitution is that amendments may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress, or a constitutional convention …show more content…
The Anti-Federalists argued that a stronger national government must be accompanied by explicit safeguards against tyranny. The Anti-Federalists supported states’ rights.
20. What were the Federalists Papers and why were they so critical to ratification of the Constitution?
The Federalist Papers consist of eighty-five essays that provided rhetorical ammunition to those supporting ratification. Their immediate purpose was to influence the delegates to the New York convention, where ratification was in trouble. The Federalist Papers have profoundly affected the way Americans then and now have understood their government.
21. What does Federalist No. 10 argue?
Federalist No. 10 responds to the Antifederalists argument that a “large republic” cannot long survive. Madison set out the task of devising a republic in which a majority of citizens will be unable to tyrannize the minority. Madison says the rotten apple is factions. Factions are defined as a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community. Madison also identifies two ways to eliminate factions such as authoritarianism and conformism. Madison concludes by explaining how the republican form of government addresses the tyranny of the majority problem. In summary, Federalist No. 10 conveys the theory of pluralism that guided the Constitutions chief