Make your own outline of Federalist #10 using the following as a guide by replacing the
Italicized text with your own (a copy of Federalist #10 can be found on pages A21—A25 of your
textbook). Please don’t hand in this paper—use it as a guide to make your own outline on
separate paper.
FEDERALIST #10
I.
THE PROBLEM WITH POPULAR GOVERNMENTFACTIONS
(“POPULAR GOVERNMENT”=A GOVERNMENT RULED BY THE PEOPLE AS
OPPOSED TO A MONARCHY, ETC.)
FACTION (DEFINITION): write Madison’s definition here
II.
TWO POSSIBLE CURES
A. one possible cure goes here
1. one way to do this
 the problem with this
2. another way to do this
 the problem with this
B. another possible cure goes here
[note: factions are not a problem when they constitute less than a majority;
securing public good and private rights against a faction in the majority while at
the same time preserving the spirit and form of Republican government is the
“great object to which our enquiries are directed”]
1. one means of effecting this cure (and why this won’t work)
2. another means of effecting this cure
III.
FORM OF GOVERNMENT BEST SUITED FOR EFFECTING CURE
A. NOT DEMOCRACY: explain why not
B. A REPUBLIC—TWO WAYS A REPUBLIC DIFFERS FROM A
DEMOCRACY:
(DEFINITION: give Madison’s definition of “democracy” here)
1. one way a republic is different than a democracy
effect of this difference: the effect of this difference
2. another way a republic is different than a democracy
effect of this difference: the effect of this difference
3. Advantages of a large republic as opposed to a small one
describe advantages here