Wednesday, December 5, 2007

fed 51

Federalist 51 Guided Reading
1) Read The Federalist Papers #51

a)What is essential to the "preservation of liberty?" How should this 'be so constituted?'
b) Explain the following: 'A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necesity of auxilary precautions.'
c) In a republican government, which branch is the strongest? ID 3 ways of 'remedying this inconveniency.'
d) List 2 ways in which the federal system of the US 'places that system in a very interesting point of view,' i.e., protects against tyranny:

We will discuss in class

2) Answer the following questions