How did the federalists and the antifederalists debate the issues regarding the
constitution?
both resorted to essays and articles, to reach the majority of the citizens, to
debate the problems or the merits of the constitution
they let the state legislatures completely control the debates
they were done only as public debates
they did not debate the issues and relied entirely on the citizens to read the
constitution and decide for themselves what it meant and would do

Option C, They were done only as public debates

Explanation:

The Grand Debate has two parties: the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists.  

The federalists intended the Constitution to be ratified, not the anti-federalists. The incorporation of the Charter of Rights was one of the key issues which these two sides addressed.

The Federalists thought this provision was not required, because they claimed that because of the Constitution, the government may not have been limited to the people.

The anti-federalists protested that the Constitution had too much authority for the national government, and the citizens would be in danger of tyranny without even a constitution.

Both resorted to essays and articles, to reach the majority of the citizens, to debate the problems or the merits of the Constitution.

Explanation:

The question of the ratification of the Constitution was a pressing issue following the Revolutionary War. Many people had different ideas when it came to the purpose and composition of the country. While Federalists believed that a stronger federal government would benefit the country, the Anti-federalists believed that this might lead to the loss of the liberty gained during the war. The two factions resorted to essays and articles in order to reach the majority of citizens and convince them of supporting their point of view.

the reform movements that arose during the antebellum period in america focused on specific issues: temperance, abolishing imprisonment for debt, pacifism, antislavery, abolishing capital punishment, amelioration of prison conditions (with prison's purpose reconceived as rehabilitation rather than punishment), the humane treatment of animals, the humane and just treatment of native americans, the establishment of public institutions for the care of the destitute, orphans, blind, and mentally ill, the establishment of public schools, the abolition of tobacco use, vegetarianism, health reform, homeopathic medicine, woman's rights (including, at first, especially the establishment of a woman's right to own property apart from her husband and her right to sue for divorce), and the amelioration of labor conditions (including higher pay, the right to form unions, the right to strike, and the demand for limits on the number of work hours, and safe working conditions).

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