The correct answer is D) ratification of the Constitution.
The Anti-Federalists were against the ratification of the Constitution.
Federalists led by Alexander Hamilton were in favor of a strong central government for the United States. However, Anti-federalists, led by Thomas Jefferson, did not support this idea because they thought this form of government would turn into tyranny. That is why they did not support the ratification as it was originally planned. Everything changed when James Madison wrote the Bill of Rights that are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution and including freedoms and rights of the citizens.
Basically it kept the colonies from expanding trade, and in turn kept the colony from expanding and getting new things. England saw the colonies as a threat, and did not want them to grow into another superhero in a new land.
Answer:
Except : A) deny African Americans citizenship.
Explanation:
US Congress passed the First Civil Rights in April 1866 that granted citizenship to all African Americans and annuled the infamous Supreme Court´s Dred Scott decision of 1857. So, the Black Codes laws couldn´t impede freed black people from becoming American citizens.
