federalist papers

Which of the following best defines faction as it is used in the following passage?

Among the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction. … Complaints are everywhere heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens, equally the friends of public and private faith, and of public and personal liberty, that our governments are too unstable, that the public good is disregarded in the conflicts of rival parties, and that measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority...

• A. a method of federal review

• B. a corporation that has not paid taxes

• C. a section of the government.

• D. a political party or group within a political party

Based on the following passage, which of the following best explains why factions might develop?

The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity, according to the different circumstances of civil society. A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning government, and many other points, as well of speculation as of practice; an attachment to different leaders ambitiously contending for pre-eminence and power; or to persons of other descriptions whose fortunes have been interesting to the human passions, have, in turn, divided mankind into parties, inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much more disposed to vex and oppress each other than to co-operate for their common good.

• A. It is natural for individuals to have different opinions.

• B. Different people naturally gravitate toward different leaders.

• C. Both A and B

• D. Neither A nor B

What two solutions mainly does Madison identify as capable of eliminating factions?

• A. Destroy liberty; make all citizens identical

• B. Remove the causes; control the effects

• C. Rewrite the Constitution; give power back to the States

• D. Delay elections; move the Capitol to New York

According to the author, which of the following passages most strongly supports why factions persist?

• A. “If a faction consists of less than a majority, relief is supplied by the republican principle”

• B. “The fewer the distinct parties and interests, the more frequently will a majority be found of the same party”

• C. “Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires.”

• D. “The influence of factious leaders may kindle a flame within their particular States, but will be unable to spread a general conflagration through the other States.”

Which inference about Madison’s opinion best supported by the following passage?

The influence of factious leaders may kindle a flame within their particular States, but will be unable to spread a general conflagration through the other States.

• A. Madison is in favor of State governments.

• B. Madison worries that State leaders have too much control.

• C. Madison wants the Union to dissolve.

• D. Madison thinks there is no way to manage the effects of factions.

Which clause worried Brutus because it seemed to suggest state laws would be overridden by national laws?

• Taxing clause

• Supremacy Clause

• Takings Clause

• Necessary and Proper Clause

Which document outlines the violations of natural rights perpetrated by a despot?

• Articles of Confederation

• Federalist 10

• Federalist 51

• Declaration of Independence