APGOPO Foundational Documents

Which of the following documents argue for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution (you may select more than one)?

• Federalist # 10

• Brutus 1

• Federalist # 51

• Federalist # 70

• Federalist # 78

Argues that the U.S. territory is too vast to be governed by a strong central government and remain a representative democracy

• Declaration of Independence

• Brutus 1

• Federalist # 10

• Federalist # 51

"-- That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed--"

What democratic ideals are reflected in this quote?

• individualism

• free enterprise

• popular sovereignty

• equality of opportunity

"In a pure democracy the people are the sovereign, and their will is declared by themselves; for this purpose they must all come together to deliberate, and decide. This kind of government cannot be exercised, therefore, over a country of any considerable extent; it must be confined...to such bounds as that the people can conveniently assemble, be able to debate, understand the subject submitted to them, and declare their opinion concerning it."

Name the foundational document:

• Federalist # 10

• Articles of Confederation

• Brutus 1

• Federalist # 70

"In a pure democracy the people are the sovereign, and their will is declared by themselves; for this purpose they must all come together to deliberate, and decide. This kind of government cannot be exercised, therefore, over a country of any considerable extent; it must be confined...to such bounds as that the people can conveniently assemble, be able to debate, understand the subject submitted to them, and declare their opinion concerning it."

The author of this document believes this model of democracy is best:

• Pluralist

• Participatory

• Elite

• Delegate

"In a pure democracy the people are the sovereign, and their will is declared by themselves; for this purpose they must all come together to deliberate, and decide. This kind of government cannot be exercised, therefore, over a country of any considerable extent; it must be confined...to such bounds as that the people can conveniently assemble, be able to debate, understand the subject submitted to them, and declare their opinion concerning it."

Which document argues AGAINST this model of democracy?

• Federalist # 51

• Federalist# 10

• Brutus 1

• U.S. Constitution

"In a pure democracy the people are the sovereign, and their will is declared by themselves; for this purpose they must all come together to deliberate, and decide. This kind of government cannot be exercised, therefore, over a country of any considerable extent; it must be confined...to such bounds as that the people can conveniently assemble, be able to debate, understand the subject submitted to them, and declare their opinion concerning it."

According to one of the foundational documents, what is this model of democracy ineffective at controlling?

• A tyrannical central government

• factions

• an unelected bureaucracy

• the judicial branch

“... to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country… under such a regulation, it may well happen, that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the People, will be more consonant to the public good, than if pronounced by the People themselves…”

Name the document:

• Federalist # 10

• Brutus 1

• Federalist # 51

• Federalist # 78

Which document argues that through the U.S. Constitution, there is a "double security" for the rights of the people?

• Articles of Confederation

• Federalist # 10

• Federalist # 51

• Brutus 1

What is the "double security" to the rights of the people that is created by the U.S. Constitution (select more than one)?

• federalism

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

• Bill of Rights