The president appoints cabinet members to advice him on different aspects of the nation. So, if the president was to look for advice about national defense, he would appoint a cabinet member specifically to look into matters and advise him.
We require the some more information regarding the very specific novel( what ever the genre may be). As, there should be a given paragraph or some phrases that are required to add more value to the given answer which is desired by the student in a given manner. As each of the plot relation to the possible theme of the unknown novel will be easy to be evaluated.
The best option from the list would be that "<span>They argued about federalism and how the federal and state governments would share power," since the Federalists were in favor of a stronger central government over the states. </span>
