The Federalists and Anti-Federalists argued about

Ratification of the Constitution

The passage of the Northwest Ordinance

Whether or not to declare independence

Who are the Federalists?

People who supported the Constitution

People who were against the Constitution

People who wanted to add the Bill of Rights to the Constitution

People who supported the Articles of Confederation

Federalists wanted....

a strong central (national) government

a weak central (national) government

The Antifederalists wanted

weak central (national) government

a strong central (national) government

Separation of Powers is the principle that

Each branch of government has a different job

The branches of government can "check" each other

The branches of government aren't allowed to talk to each other

Each branch of government is required to be housed in a separate building

What is the main advantage of a well-constructed Union?

Controlling the violence of faction

Ensuring public and personal liberty

Obviating the danger of faction

What are the mortal diseases under which popular governments have perished?

Instability, injustice, and confusion

Violence, faction, and corruption

Public and private faith, and personal liberty

A group of citizens united against the rights of other citizens

A majority or minority of citizens acting in their own interest

A political party in conflict with rival parties

A common impulse of passion or interest

What are the two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction?

Removing its causes and controlling its effects

Abolishing liberty and giving everyone the same opinions

Destroying the liberty and giving everyone the same passions

Controlling its effects and giving everyone the same interests

Why is abolishing liberty to cure faction worse than the disease?

Liberty is essential to political life

Faction is essential to political life

Faction is destructive to political life

What is the first object of government?

To protect different and unequal faculties of acquiring property

To encourage domestic manufactures

To regulate various and interfering interests

To hold the balance between creditors and debtors

What are the latent causes of faction?

Diversity in the faculties of men

Frivolous and fanciful distinctions

Zeal for different opinions concerning religion

Why are a body of men unfit to be both judges and parties at the same time?

Because they have conflicting interests

Because they are biased and lack integrity

Because they are not knowledgeable enough

Because they are easily influenced by others

What are the different classes of legislators?

Advocates and parties to the causes they determine

Judges and parties to the causes they determine

Landed and manufacturing classes

What is the most common and durable source of factions?

Different and unequal distribution of property

Frivolous and fanciful distinctions

Zeal for different opinions concerning government

Attachment to different leaders

According to the passage, what is the act that requires the most exact impartiality?

Controlling the effects of faction

Preserving the spirit of popular government

What is the great object to which the inquiries in the passage are directed?

Securing the public good and private rights

Preventing the existence of passion or interest in a majority

Rescuing the form of government from opprobrium

Defeating the sinister views of a faction

Why does a pure democracy, consisting of a small number of citizens, fail to cure the mischiefs of faction?

Because it allows communication and concert among the majority

Because it lacks moral and religious motives

Because it sacrifices the weaker party or an obnoxious individual

Because it reduces mankind to a perfect equality in their political rights

What have theoretic politicians who have patronized pure democracy erroneously supposed?

That mankind can be perfectly equalized and assimilated in their possessions

That personal security and the rights of property can be ensured

That reducing political rights will lead to a reduction in possessions and opinions

That turbulence and contention are compatible with personal security and property rights

What are the two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic?

The delegation of the government to a small number of citizens elected by the rest and the greater number of citizens and greater sphere of country over which the latter may be extended.

The delegation of the government to a large number of citizens elected by the rest and the smaller number of citizens and smaller sphere of country over which the latter may be extended.

The delegation of the government to a small number of citizens appointed by the rest and the smaller number of citizens and smaller sphere of country over which the latter may be extended.

The delegation of the government to a large number of citizens appointed by the rest and the greater number of citizens and greater sphere of country over which the latter may be extended.

What is the effect of the first difference between a democracy and a republic?

To refine and enlarge the public views by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens.

To limit the public views by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens.

To corrupt and narrow the public views by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens.

To confuse and distort the public views by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens.

According to the text, why are small republics less favorable to the election of proper guardians of the public weal?

Because they have a larger number of representatives and a smaller option for a fit choice.

Because they have a smaller number of representatives and a smaller option for a fit choice.

Because they have a smaller number of representatives and a larger option for a fit choice.

Because they have a larger number of representatives and a larger option for a fit choice.

What is the advantage of having a greater number of citizens in a large republic?

It makes it more difficult for unworthy candidates to practice with success the vicious arts by which elections are carried.

It makes it easier for unworthy candidates to practice with success the vicious arts by which elections are carried.

It makes it easier for worthy candidates to practice with success the virtuous arts by which elections are carried.

It makes it more difficult for worthy candidates to practice with success the virtuous arts by which elections are carried.

What is the federal Constitution's approach to balancing the interests of the national and state legislatures?

Referring the great and aggregate interests to the national and the local and particular interests to the State legislatures.

Referring the great and aggregate interests to the State legislatures and the local and particular interests to the national.

Referring both the great and aggregate interests and the local and particular interests to the national.

Referring both the great and aggregate interests and the local and particular interests to the State legislatures.

“In every free government, the people must give their assent to the laws by which they are governed. This is the true criterion between a free government and an arbitrary one. The former are ruled by the will of the whole, expressed in any manner they may agree upon; the latter by the will of one, or a few. If the people are to give their assent to the laws, by persons chosen and appointed by them, the manner of the choice and the number chosen, must be such, as to possess, be disposed, and consequently qualified to declare the sentiments of the people; for if they do not know, or are not disposed to speak the sentiments of the people, the people do not govern, but the sovereignty is in a few. Now, in a large extended country, it is impossible to have a representation, possessing the sentiments, and of integrity, to declare the minds of the people, without having it so numerous and unwieldy, as to be subject in great measure to the inconveniency of a democratic government….” -- Brutus 1

Nations with extended territory cannot fairly represent their citizens in a republican form of government.

Average citizens cannot be trusted to vote because of low levels of education.

The federal government should have greater authority than state legislatures.

A small federal legislature is the best way to represent the will of the people in a large country.

Which of the following best characterizes the general argument made in Brutus 1?

A large republic is dangerous to personal liberty and undermines the states.

A small republic is more susceptible to corruption than a large republic.

A large republic would be preferable to a small one because more people could participate.

A small republic would pose more danger to individual liberty than a large republic.

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