Federalist Papers Flashcards
Describe dispute between federalists and anti federalists
Federalists wanted to ratify the constitution and the anti federalists didn’t want it ratified and they feared a new national gov was to strong
describe the number of federalist papers where they were published and their purpose
85 written in ny newspapers and pushing for the constitution to be ratified
author of federalist 10 and main purposes
(Lbs)
james Madison to explain how factions can be limited and to argue the proposed gov is not likely to be controlled by one
-beliefs that voting can fix minority factions by voting these people out of office
-factions are self interested groups that would harm the community but to abolish factions would be to abolish liberty
name and author of federalist 51 and two key points
(Sld)
James madison to explain the separation of power and checks and balances would prevent tyranny
-separation of power would allow liberty to be preserved
-Gov is divided to guard one branch against an injustice of another
Name an author of federalist 70 and two key points
(Sue)
Alexander Hamilton supported a single person as a strong executive leader leadership role in the executive branch
-Unity, duration, salary, and incompetent powers to contribute to energy
-easier to hold one person accountable than several
Name an author of federal 78 and two key points
(Lnd)
Alexander Hamilton advocated for lifetime appointments during good behavior of judicial branch
-lifetime appointments are necessary as a safeguard for the courts independence
-judges, determine the meaning of the constitution and any particularly legislative branch
The main point of Brutus one and other papers written by anti-federalist two key points
(Lac)
It argued that the size of the US was too large for an efficient strong central gov anti-feds also wrote document such as Brutus 1 disregarding ratification of the constitution
-article one section 8 is very general and comprehensive to justify passing almost any law
-the country is too large to be governed as a republic and large republic lead to corruption
How was the dispute between the federal and anti-federalist resolved?
Dispute was resolved by the Bill of Rights, which is the first 10 amendments of the constitution such as freedom of speech
