The purpose of the ________ Amendment to the Constitution was to mollify those who feared the states would be destroyed by the new government.

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The Tenth Amendment was added to the Constitution to address concerns that the new federal government might overstep its bounds, by clarifying that powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. This was intended to reassure those who feared the loss of state sovereignty under the new government.

The Purpose of the ________ Amendment to the Constitution Was