AP Government Foundational Documents Quiz

Which statement expresses Madison’s view of factions?

• They are essential to the spirit of debate and compromise that must characterize a healthy government.
• They cannot be eradicated, rising as they do from human nature, but their effects can be controlled by a sound system of government.
• They can be eliminated by distributing wealth, power, and land equally.
• They are fostered by liberty, and while they may slow the administration of government, they are a necessary evil in a republic.

Madison attempts to prevent injustice and instability caused by a minority faction based on interests by?

• Making people's interests less important to them than in other democracies.
• Making the people share the same economic interest.
• Shaping the government so that it uses a system of majority rule.
•  Creating a large majority interest group that will overwhelm any minority interest group.

According to Madison, factions form because of differences in? 

• Ambition, vindictiveness, and rapacity
• Equality, rights, and consent
• Temperance, justice, and public spiritedness
• Opinions, passions, and interests

In Federalist 10, what is a faction?

• the tyranny of the majority
• the extended sphere
• a special interest group
• the new Constitution

According to the Declaration of Independence AND Federalist 10, the purpose of government is to

• protect our natural rights

• control our interests

• protect us from invasion

• provide a very strong central government

In order to control the effects of factions, Madison suggests two forms of government. They are

• autocracy and democracy
• democracy and republic
• monarchy and republic

According to Federalist 10, the best form of government to control faction is

• large republic

• pure democracy

• small republic

• anarchy

Madison believed that the United States should have a Constitution that

• is very similar to the Articles
• has a weak central government
• has a strong central government
• is based on that of the government in Great Britain

What is the major idea behind the Anti-Federalists & Brutus #1?

• States should have more power

• The federal government should have more power

• A Bill of Rights is not needed in the Constitution

• The Constitution should be ratified

Which of the following ideas shows Locke’s influence on the Declaration of Independence?

• The king of England has a divine right to rule the colonists, so only God can remove his authority.

• By violating the social contract with the colonists, the king has lost his authority to rule.

• Without a king, the colonists will be able to return to a state of nature in which all men are free.

• The king rules by right of force, so it is just for the colonists to overthrow the king using force.