“the anti-federalists charged that the authors of the constitution had failed to put up strong enough barriers to block this inevitably corrupting and tyrannical force. they painted a very black picture indeed of what the national representatives might and probably would do with the unchecked power conferred upon them under the provisions of the new but [the anti-federalists] lacked both the faith and the vision to extend their principles nationwide.”

cecelia m. kenyon, historian, “men of little faith: the anti-federalists on the nature of representative government,” 1955

the anti-federalists’ view of government power during the 1780s, as described in the excerpt, is best reflected by which of the following?

debates about the incorporation of new territories into the united states

a

the expansion of women’s political roles as a result of the ideas of republican motherhood

b

the existence of many state constitutions that limited executive authority

c

the shift from emphasizing inherited wealth and status to emphasizing individual merit

30 and 44 are b

explanation:

the answer is

explanati“there were many such dangers, in which the odds were all against them. their children were not as well as they had been at home; but how could they know that there was no sewer to their house, and that the drainage of fifteen years was in a cesspool under it? how could they know that the pale-blue milk that they bought around the corner was watered, and doctored with formaldehyde besides? when the children were not well at home, teta elzbieta would gather herbs and cure them; now she was obliged to go to the drugstore and buy extracts–and how was she to know that they were all adulterated? how could they find out that their tea and coffee, their sugar and flour, had been doctored; that their canned peas had been colored with copper salts, and their fruit jams with aniline dyes? and even if they had known it, what good would it have done them, since there was no place within miles of them where any other sort was to be had? the bitter winter was coming, and they had to save money to get more clothing and bedding; but it would not matter in the least how much they saved, they could not get anything to keep them warm. all the clothing that was to be had in the stores was made of cotton and shoddy, which is made by tearing old clothes to pieces and weaving the fiber again. if they paid higher prices, they might get frills and fanciness, or be cheated; but genuine quality they could not obtain for love nor moneyon: