AP Government 1.3

Brutus was an example of an Anti-Federalist because he?

• believed a centralized government posed a major threat to individual rights

• argued that a national military force was needed to deal with insurrections

• argued that the laws passed by the national government were supreme over state laws

• believed that compromise between the branches of government would ensure a limited government

Which of the following features of the United States Constitution would most concern the author of Brutus 1?

• The Bill of Rights, which protects individual liberties and states’ rights

• The reservation of any power not given to the federal government to the states

• The two-year term for members of the House of Representatives

• The supremacy clause, which gives the federal government supremacy over states

In The Federalist 10, James Madison argued that the new constitution would help control faction by doing which of the following?

• By creating a large republic, the new constitution made it less likely that a faction could gain enough power to completely dominate.

• The new constitution had significant limits on the freedom of expression, thereby limiting the ability of factions to organize.

• The new constitution gave political parties specific powers in the government which limited their influence.

• The use of the electoral college and the indirect election of senators would limit the influence that factions could wield.