Thursday, February 26, 2015

To what extent did the U.S. constitution address the concerns of all citizens?

Once the Bill of Rights was added, the Constitution did at
least something to address the concerns of all citizens (except, perhaps, for women and
non-whites).  However, it did more to address the concerns of economic elites than those
of other people.


The Constitution was a
Federalist (as opposed to an anti-federalist) document.  It
gave more power to the central government and isolated the government from the people. 
This was something that the Federalists (economic elites) wanted very
much.


The concerns of
anti-Federalists were met, to some extent, by the Bill of
Rights.  The anti-Federalists were concerned that the central government would tyrannize
them.  By creating the Bill of Rights, the Framers were able to allay these fears to
some extent.


In this way, the Constitution did at least
something to address the concerns of both Federalists and
anti-Federalists.

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