Finally, it is declared that "the enumeration of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people," and that "the powers not granted to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT.
1. What provision did the Constitution make for its own ratification?
2. What was the general method of ratification in the states?
3. On what general grounds did the opposition to the Constitution seem to be based?
4. By what feature in the Constitution was the support of South Carolina and Georgia assured? Why was this support deemed peculiarly desirable?
5. What five states ratified the Constitution with little or no opposition?
6. What was the objection of Massachusetts and some other states to the Constitution? What course, therefore, did they adopt?
7. What three states after Massachusetts by their ratification made the adoption of the Constitution secure?
8. What four states subsequently gave in their support?