WorksheetsFederalist Paper #10
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
In Federalist Paper #10, what is a faction?
a majority tyranny
the extended sphere
special interest groups
the new Constitution
Madison suggests that the best way to handle the problem of factions is to remove the causes of them by either giving everyone the same opinion or by destroying the freedom for them to exist.
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False
"Liberty is to faction what air is to fire", James Madison wrote.
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False
How did James Madison view the existence of “faction” in America?
He feared faction and felt that there was no way to control it.
He liked faction and wanted the strongest faction to dominate
He refused to acknowledge that any factions existed in the new nation.
He feared faction but thought its effects could be managed by the existence of many competing factions.
Which of the following factors was most likely at the source of any faction that arose according to James Madison?
regional differences
wealth and property differences
gender differences
racial and ethnic differences
Madison thought it was difficult to deal with the problems created by minority factions.
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To James Madison, the size of the American nation should be
small, to allow lots of individual attention.
medium, because he believed in Aristotle’s “moderation in all things.”
large, so that many diverse groups could exist.
spherical, in order for the president to be in the center.
James Madison placed a lot of trust in elected representatives in order to prevent the masses in America from having too much direct power.
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False
James Madison believed that the best opportunity to preserve liberty would be:
to elect a Federalist president
to create a unified government with all power concentrated in the hands of a strong president
found in the diversity of interests or factions in American society
to continue to operate under the Articles of Confederation
Madison thought that the best form of government to handle the problem of factions was:
direct democracy
autocracy
dictatorship
republic
Madison thought that extensive republics were likely to produce good representatives because it would be difficult for unworthy candidates to win by unfair campaigning.
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False
James Madison’s Federalist Paper #10 articulated the belief that the Constitution would:
lead to a tyranny of the majority
control the effects of factions
promote the growth of political parties
allow the states to maintain their preeminence
