Federalist Paper # 10 Quiz
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What is the most dangerous thing to a United America?
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Faction
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What is a faction?
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-Any number of people/citizens who are united by some common interest adverse, or against the rights or interests of the community. -any number of people with a common interest who deny other people their rights.
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What are two ways to control faction?
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1. Remove its causes 2. Control its effects
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What are the two ways to remove the causes of faction?
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1. destroy liberty (freedom) [Factions can't exist without liberty] 2. give everyone the same opinions and interests
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Why is destroying liberty a negative thing?
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Freedom is important to America. If you destroy freedom, you get rid of faction but also any other choices that we can make. *If you have cancer and I kill you, you no longer have cancer.
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What causes people to have passions (or interests)?
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People are born with different opinions. Different passions (interests) affect your opinion and what you think is important.
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What is government's purpose?
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To protect your property (life, liberty, ideas) from others
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What is the oldest and most common faction?
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Rich vs. Poor
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What conclusion does Madison come to?
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The causes of faction can not be removed so we can only control its effects.
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Why do the people not have to worry about the minority faction?
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they will always be beat by the majority in a election
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Federalists
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people that favored a strong central government, feared too much power in the hands of masses, and strongly supported the U.S. Constitution. Typically cultured/propertied classes, to include Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
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Anti-Federalists
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people that feared a strong central government, supported state's rights, and opposed ratification of the U.S. Constitution.Insisted that a Bill of Rights must be included in the Constitution to protect individual's rights against a strong central government. Typically porter classes, included patriots Thomas Jefferson. Patrick Henry, James Monroe, and Richard Henry Lee.
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According to Madison, liberty is to faction as air is to ____________.
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fire
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Complete the following, \"If men were angels, then no ________ would be necessary\".
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government
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Who is the author of the Federalists Papers?
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Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay
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Under which anonymous name are the Federalists Papers published?
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Publius
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What subject is Federalists #10 primarily about?
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factions
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Who wrote Federalists #10?
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James Madison
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What does the Federalists papers believe of the people who drafted the constitution?
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They were remarkable men, but still not perfect.
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In what form are the Federalists Papers published?
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Newspaper, one at a time over a series of weeks
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To what end were the Federalists papers published?
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in order to convince the people of New York to ratify the convention.
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What democratic principle is Madison touting in Federalist Paper #10?
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Federalism
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According to Madison, how do you control the effects of minority factions?
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They will easily be defeated by majority faction
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According to Madison, why is the federal government a solution to the problem in curbing factions?
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national govn't deals with interests of the nation as a whole; state legislatures deal with local interests.
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According to Madison, factions form because of differences in ___________________.
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Opinions, passions, and interests
