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All right, which the following is a true statement about the federalists and anti -federalists.
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So option a, federalists and anti -federalists feared a strong central government would lead to the creation of a political aristocracy, aristocracy, excuse me, who would impose tariffs on trade.
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Well, that is not true, so we could eliminate that.
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B, both federalists and anti -federalists distrust of the power of state governments.
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That's not true.
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That would only describe the one and not the other.
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C, federalists argued the diversity of religion tolerated by the constitution would prevent the formation of a political community with shared values and interests.
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That is not true.
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D, federalists were pessimistic about human nature.
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That is true.
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And anti -federalists were more optimistic.
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That's true.
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So we're going to come back to that one.
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And then option e, the anti -federalists preferred a non -elected judiciary and indirectly elected the president.
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That is not true.
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So our best option for this first question would certainly be d, federalists were reportedly pessimistic about human nature, where anti -federalists were much more optimistic and believed in the decency of the common man...