What is it?
What were the Federalist papers?
A series of essay urging American Citizens to ratify the new U.S Constitution
what created fractions, according to Maddison?
unequal distribution of proper to difference of opinions
What was the 2nd idea discussed in the paper?
Large republic or small Democracy
What does a Republic do that a Democracy doesn't, according to Maddison
Controlling factions
Who wrote Federalist No. 10
James Maddison
What were the two options Maddison gives for controlling factions
Removing the causes and controlling the effects
What style of government did this paper support?
A Republic form of government
Does a Republic style government promote a limited or authoritarian electoral college
Limited
What year was the Federalist No. 10 written?
1787
What were the causes Maddison proposed to remove?
Destroy Liberty, and give everyone the same opinions
What did Maddison believe about a Republic?
It worked better for large populations and "offers promising cure" for dealing with factions
Why Maddison support more representatives in the federal government?
creating more factions, minifies the effect of the factions
What was the main focus of the Federalist No. 10 Papers
encourage the idea of a strong republic
What were the issues with removing the causes?
Destroying liberty- "worse than disease"/against the basis of the Constitution
Give everyone the same opinions- impractical/unattainable, what America was trying get away from
What did Maddison believe about a Democracy?
It would cause oppression of minorities, can not prevent violence within the factions
Does majority still rule under the style of government Maddison supports?
Yes!