Moorpark College Evolution of Federalism Questions Discussion

this assignment should be super easy and shouldn’t take longer than 30 minutes max. i’ve listed all the information below.

1 page, double spaces, 12 point font. (for each paper) so it is a total of 2 pages. Please answer the lecture questions concerning Federalist 10 and 39.

here are the lecture questions for the first article:

1. What are factions? (What would we call them today?)

2. What is a republic? Madison’s definition or features of a republic

3. Which is better? Small or large republic? (Madison’s answer and why?

this is the article:

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed10.asp

here are the lecture questions for the second article

Read Federalist 39. Please summarize the main points (you should expect to spend 1 page summarizing) and explain who you think was Madison’s specific audience given the discussion in lecture?

• Features of a republic (additional features that Madison discusses)
• Meaning of:

1. National — define and give examples/the way Madison describes it
2. Federal — define and give examples

Also figure out what would be the equivalent in our government today of the way Madison describes these terms.

here is the article:

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed39.asp

there are also additional topic questions you could incorporate if you need to fill up the page, but i feel like that should be enough.

• Best size of a federal system/what is the best size for a nation to be? (federal systems worked best in small nations)
• Best allocation of power/who should be more powerful? The central government, the state government, how much power should each have?
• Best way to protect against centralization? We don’t want one level of government taking all the power
• Are federations better or worse at promoting stability? Will the people of the nation be happier or more stable?