Comparison of Federalist and Anti-Federalist Views on Central Government and Democracy, Study notes of Rhetoric

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AP Government:

U1 Review

May 5, 2020

AP Government Lesson: May 5, 2020

Objective: CON 1.A Explain how the Federalist & Anti-Federalist views on central government and democracy are reflected in foundational documents. Lesson Focus Area: Foundational Documents: Federalist 10 v. Brutus 1

FEDERALISTS vs.

ANTIFEDERALISTS

“Publius” wrote the Federalist Papers to support the new Constitution that created a federal system with a stronger central government than existed during the Articles of Confederation

“Brutus” wrote the Anti-Federalist Papers to support a weaker central government and maintaining a structure more similar to the Articles of Confederation.

Lesson: Let’s Review

FEDERALIST No. 10 Claim BRUTUS No. 1 Claim

Federalists believed in the superiority of a large republic in controlling the “mischiefs of faction” delegating authority to elected representatives and dispersing power between the states and national government

Anti-Federalists believed in popular democratic theory that emphasized the benefits of a small decentralized republic while warning of the dangers to personal liberty from large, centralized government.

There will be a series of quotes on the next slides. For each, write down words or phrases that support the claims of Federalist 10 or Brutus 1. Then, determine how these ideas connect to the Federalist & Anti-Federalist views of how our government was founded.

Lesson: Federalist 10 Quote #

“Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an ailment without which it instantly expires. But it could no be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.”

Federalist No. 10

Lesson: Federalist 10 Quote #

“But the most common and durable sources of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society.”

Federalist No. 10

“In the next place, as each representative will be chosen by a greater number of citizens in the large than in the small republic, it will be more difficult for unworthy candidates to practice with success the vicious arts by which elections are too often carried.”

Federalist No. 10

Lesson: Federalist 10 Quote #

“By enlarging too much the number of electors, you render the representatives too little acquainted with all their local circumstances and lesser interests; as by reducing it too much, you render him unduly attached to these, and too little fit to compremen and pursue great and national objects.”

Federalist No. 10

Lesson: Federalist 10 Quote #

“This government is to possess absolute and uncontrollable power, legislative, executive, and judicial… It appears from these articles that there is no need of any intervention of the state governments, between the Congress and the people, to execute any one power vested in the general government, and that the constitution and laws of every state are nullified and declared void, so far as they are or shall be inconsistent with this constitution…”

Brutus No. 1

Lesson: Brutus No. 1 Quote #

“...a free republic cannot succeed over a country of such immense extent, containing such a number of inhabitants, and these increasing in such rapid progression as that of the whole United States. …‘It is natural to a republic to have only a small territory, otherwise it cannot long subsist…. In a large republic, the public good is sacrificed to a thousand views… In a small one, the interest of the public is easier perceived, better understood, and more within the reach of every citizen; abuses are of less extent, and of course are less protected.’” Brutus No. 1

Lesson: Brutus No. 1 Quote #

Lesson: Brutus No. 1 Quote #

“In so extensive a republic, the great officers of government would soon become above the control of the people, and abuse their power to the purpose of aggrandizing themselves, and oppressing them…”

Brutus No. 1

Category of Comparison

Madison Brutus

Proper role of government

Size and power of the central government

Activity: Comparing the 2 Documents (write this down!!)

What connections can you make to government and politics today? How is power balanced in our republic?

The Federalists believed that a nation dominated by factions would lead to a) a recognition that factions would be in the best interest of the country b) another revolution c) protection of minority rights

d) a tyranny of the majority

Activity: Review Question

Compare the positions of Federalists & Anti-Federalists regarding the power of the national government.

Reflection You’re being askedto do THIS!!!