unit 4 political parties and ideological groups

Question 1

What did the Federalists believe?

Answer 1

they believed in the counterbalancing of the government; strong central government

Question 2

What did the Anti-Federalists believe?

Answer 2

feared an all too powerful national government; more state control ( someone who opposed to a system of government divided between a single central government and several regional ones )

Question 3

What did the Democratic-Republicans believe?

Answer 3

commitment to personal liberty, social mobility, and westward expansion, to fight aristocratic tendencies, republicanism and democracy

Question 4

What did the Republicans believe?

Answer 4

lower taxes, small government conservatism, free market capitalism, free trade and restrictions on labor unions

Question 5

What did the Jeffersonians/Quids believe?

Answer 5

every American should have the right to prevent the government from infringing on the liberties of its citizens, minimal control by the central government, agrarian society

Question 6

What did the Whigs believe?

Answer 6

American system ( protective tariffs and a support of the national bank )

Question 7

Who were the Anglo-Americans?

Answer 7

European descent and ethnic groups in the Americas that speak english as a native language that are not in US territory ( ex: Louisiana and Texas before they became US territory )