Federalist No. 10

United States and each individual to give each their rights. There was the Federalist who supported the constitution as is who felt there was no need for the Bill of rights, and there were the anti-federalist who did not thing the constitution was suffice. They felt there was too much control with the government and not enough to protect the rights of the people. So James Madison came to the rescue to help come up with the first 10 amendments which is known as the Bill Of Rights. These are ten…

Written in 1787, the United States Government defines the Constitution as the “supreme law of the United States,” providing the framework of our national government, laws, and basic freedoms we see today However, by the end of the Revolutionary War in 1776 up until 1787, Congress originally operated under the Articles of Confederation. Considering that the Articles of Confederation got the young nation through its war with England, over time, it was soon realized that this first governing…

A democracy under a federal system is the form of government all United States citizens are living under today. Sense this governmental system came to form, the strengths and weaknesses of our democracy under a federal system have become clear. Two advantages to this form of government are that the smaller forms of government on state and country levels created by federalism are more equipped to make decisions on behalf of the needs of local communities then a singular central government; the…

Democrat Huey Long, an outspoken American politician regarded as the “best populist”1 who denounced the wealth inequality among the rich and the poor, has seen his fair share of triumphs and victories throughout his term as Louisiana 's Governor and U.S. Senator. Under his leadership, he helped the “distressed” by supporting beneficial programs, such as providing free school textbooks to children, all at such a high price. With spurring controversy concerning the way he ran his own “political…

An astounding fact about the United States government is that someone who received only half of all American votes is now in charge of leading the country. In 2012, President Obama won the election with 303 of the 509 Electoral Votes, yet 48.4% of people still voted for Mitt Romney. While this result represents the resolution of an undemocratic form of election, the Electoral College, if the United States practiced pure democracy (similarly to ancient Athenians) the result would have remained…

a new and stronger nation that would unite as a whole. Before a stable government had been developed, there were two main political parties in the predeveloped United States of America: The Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. Federalists believed in a strong central government, while the Anti-Federalists believed in a strong state government. A strong central government would embark little say in the people, and most of the decisions would be made by Congress. A strong state government would…

involvement of the Frenchmen secret from the public and also from Jefferson. The Federalists knew of the Frenchmen’s existence, but didn’t have their names. They wanted to use this in their campaign to discredit Jefferson to prove their point that he supported the French Revolution. By the time the Frenchmen’s names were revealed, it was too late to have a political impact on the elections. (Egerton pg 210) The Federalists blamed the Democratic-Republicans for giving the blacks the idea of…

were totally against parties, with Thomas Jefferson even going as far as to say, “If I could not go to heaven but with a [political] party, I would not go there at all,” Mr. Washington even ran a second time to try and quell the rising Federalist and Anti-Federalist party, leaving with a final “[I am] worried that future political squabbles would undermine the concept of popular sovereignty in the United States…” in his Farewell…

prevented congress from closing the African slave trade until 1808.17 The Constitution caused much debate among American politicians. Congress allowed individual states to determine the fate of this new federalist system and Americans divided into two camps, Federalists and Anti-Federalists. Anti-Federalists championed state’s rights and feared that the new federal system would eventually abolish slavery.18 It is incomprehensible that the “liberty” they were fighting for was the right to own…

“a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what now just government should refuse, or rest on inference.” Ratification of the new Constitution was not guaranteed. For Federalists like James Madison, unacceptable. The ratifying…