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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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• “The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.”

  
  

  
  

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In the compound republic of America, the power surrendereed by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence a double security arises to the rights of the people. The different governments will control each other, at the same time that each will be controlled by itself.

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“All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born; the other, the mass of people…. The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore the first class a ….permanent share in the government….they therefore will ever maintain good government.”

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• “It must be by this time evident to all men…that (the Articles of Confederation) is a system so radically vicious and unsound as to admit….an entire change.”

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“The National Government needs to be stronger in order to function.”

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“It must be by this time evident to all men…that (the Articles of Confederation) is a system so radically vicious and unsound as to admit….an entire change.”

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Which of the following was a primary concern of the Federalists during the ratification of the U.S. Constitution?

• A) The need for a strong central government

• B) The protection of individual states' rights

• C) The inclusion of a Bill of Rights

• D) The abolition of slavery

Who were the authors of the Federalist Papers?

• A) Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin

• B) Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay

• C) George Washington, Thomas Paine, and Patrick Henry

• D) John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Richard Henry Lee

What was the main purpose of the Federalist Papers?

• A) To support the ratification of the U.S. Constitution

• B) To argue against the British monarchy

• C) To promote the Articles of Confederation

• D) To establish the Bill of Rights