AP GOV'T: Fed 70 Challenge (following PPT & films)

Which Federalist Paper was being reviewed?

• 10

• 51

• 70

• 78

Who wrote Federalist 70?

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Jay

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

T or F: Anti-federalists were distressed by the thought of all executive power concentrated in one person.

• True

• False

For Hamilton, the part of the government that should be slow, deliberate and act through compromises is the ... ?

• President

• Congress

• Bureaucracy

• Judiciary

What, in the executive branch, according to Hamilton, is a "leading character in the definition of good government"?

• Honesty

• Energy

• Good looks!

• Emotional maturity

Hamilton wanted the executive to act ... ?

• Thoughtfully slow

• Only after compromise

• Kindly and full of generosity

• Quickly and decisively

For Hamilton, several executives, or a council of them, would mean ineffectiveness and would lead to ... ?

• Violent faction battles

• Nuclear armageddon

• Compromised solutions

• Rap battles!

The second argument that Hamilton makes for a single executive is that one person will be more ____ for their actions.

• effective

• speedy

• secretive

• accountable

What famous presidential quote might be a good representation of Hamilton's second argument?

• FDR's "We have nothing to fear but fear itself"

• JFK: "Ask not what your country can do for you."

• Reagan: "Tear down this wall!"

• Truman: "The buck stops here."

Where was Alexander Hamilton born?

• St. KItts and Nevis

• NYC

• Philadelphia

• Barbados