Compare today's Democrats and Republicans to the Federalists and Anti-Federalists who faced off during ratification of the Constitution
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Explain that the Republicans would probably align themselves with the Anti-Federalists (small-scale republicanism), who feared centralized power and were worried about the lack of a bill of rights. That is similar to today's Republicans, who complain about the size of government and its imposition on personal freedoms (except women's).
2, The supporters of the Constitution, the Federalists (more centralized republicanism), were like the Democrats in wanting a strong national government in which the people played a role, but the Federalists also were intent on limiting that role, a position that might cause today's Democrats some discomfort.
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