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8th Grade Ratification Debate Worksheets

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Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

The ratification debate was the fight from 1787 to 1790 over whether the states should approve the Constitution. There are 3 sheets for 8th grade here, each with an answer key. We the People and the Ratification Debate reads Patrick Henry and Edmund Pendleton, Federalist and Antifederalist Arguments Sorted sorts ten excerpts by side and issue, and Ratifying the Constitution State by State puts all 13 votes on a timeline. The sheets practice D2.Civ.8.6-8 and D2.Civ.3.6-8.

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Federalists supported the Constitution, and Antifederalists opposed it or wanted changes first. Madison, Hamilton and Jay wrote The Federalist to win support, while George Mason objected that it had no declaration of rights.

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