FEDERALIST PAPERS #10, #51, AND #78
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FEDERALIST #10
PARAGRAPH 1
 What is the key advantage of a “well constructed union”?
 What has “been the mortal diseases under which popular
governments have everywhere perished”?
PARAGRAPH 2
 What is a faction?
 What are examples of factions in our country today?
PARAGRAPHS 5-6
 What are the main points Madison makes about removing the
causes of factions?
PARAGRAPH 7
 What is “the most common and durable source of factions”?
PARAGRAPH 11
 How will our system of government deal with a misinformed
minority faction?
 What was “the great object to which our inquiries are directed”
after realizing how to deal with minority factions?
PARAGRAPH 14+
 What is Madison comparing in this paragraph?
 What is the key difference between them?
 Which of these forms of government best controls the negative
effects of factions?
 How will this form of government control the negative effects of
factions? (you will need to read further on to answer this)
FEDERALIST #51
PARAGRAPH 1
 What is the only way to maintain the separation of powers
according to Madison?
PARAGRAPH 3
 Make note of the entire paragraph especially “Ambition must be
made to counteract ambition” and “If men were angels…”
PARAGRAPH 4
 Which branch of government should be the most powerful and
influential according to Madison?
 How do you prevent this branch from abusing its power?
PARAGRAPH 6
 How does the American government protect society against the
usurpation of power?
PARAGRAPH 6-8
 What else must society be protected from?
 How will this be accomplished in the United States?
 What “is the end of government”?
FEDERALIST #78
PARAGRAPH 5
 Under what conditions will federal judges hold on to their office?
 What two reasons are given for a lifetime term of office?
PARAGRAPH 6
 Why is the judiciary “the least dangerous of the political rights of
the Constitution”?
PARAGRAPH 8
 How does Hamilton define a limited Constitution?
 What must the judiciary be able to do to preserve this limited
Constitution?
PARAGRAPH 12
 What is described as “the proper and peculiar province of the
courts”?
PARAGRAPH 13
 Does Hamilton want the judiciary superior to the legislature?
What does he want superior?
PARAGRAPH 21
 What other reasons does Hamilton give for a life term for judges?