Antifederalists Were Sharply Critical of the Structure of the Senate

question 12

Multiple Choice

Antifederalists were sharply critical of the structure of the Senate, the executive, and the federal judiciary under the Constitution because they

• A)wanted a system of direct democracy instead of a system of representative democracy.
• B)worried these undemocratic institutions would lead those in power to tyrannize the public.
• C)preferred a government with a unicameral legislature, a multimember executive council, and no federal judiciary.
• D)feared the government would become too deadlocked to pass any meaningful laws by the system of separation of powers and checks and balances.

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