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Federalist Papers Questions
Directions:
1. Based off your reading of the Federalist Papers 1, 10, 51, 70, 78, and 85 answer the following questions below on a separate sheet of paper.
2. Responses will have the proper heading and typed in 10 or 12 Times New Roman with
1 inch margins.
3. This will be your cover sheet answers must be in complete and coherent statements and attached to this paper.
4. Go to the following website in order to read the selected Federalist papers from the
Library of Congress. http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fedpapers.html Federalist 10- James Madison
1. Madison states that factions can include either a minority or majority of the population.
Yet he does not think that minority factions are not as dangerous as majority factions.
Explain why Madison had this ideology.
2. Madison states that factions can have many causes for forming. What cause does he state is the most common? According to our political system today would this still be accurate? 3. Madison describes two different ways of abolishing factions and rejects them both.
Explain both the method of abolishing factions and the aspect of rejecting the abolishment. 4. Madison gives a number of reasons that virtuous representatives are more likely to be elected from large districts rather than small ones. List the reasons Madison gives for his principles. 5. Ultimately James Madison’s Federalist 10 called for what action to take place in our newly found government? Explain.
Federalist 51- James Madison
1. Madison states that isn’t possible to give each branch of government equal powers of self-defense against the others, because one of the branches will always be the strongest.
Which branch does Madison state is the strongest and what remedy does he offer to resolve this problem?
2. Explain the two comparisons in which Madison states with the separation and competition between the three branches of national government.
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