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Locke, Hobbes, neither, or both:
power to the people
Locke
Locke, Hobbes, neither, or both:
in the state of nature, men may dispose of their possessions as hey see fit
Locke
Locke, Hobbes, neither, or both:
absolute monarchy
HOBBES
Locke, Hobbes, neither, or both:
he expressed ideas on humans in the “state of nature”
both
Locke, Hobbes, neither, or both:
in the state of nature, there is the fear of a violent death
Locke, Hobbes, neither, or both:
replacing government is up to the people
Locke
Locke, Hobbes, neither, or both:
people have the right to rebel against a government
Locke
Locke, Hobbes, neither, or both:
the wills of men should be reduced to the strength of one man or body of men
Hobbes
Locke, Hobbes, neither, or both:
only through religion is the state of nature in harmony
Neither
Locke, Hobbes, neither, or both:
liberty must be protected at the peril of a government’s continuation
Locke
Locke, Hobbes, neither, or both:
a social contract exists
both
Locke, Hobbes, neither, or both:
solitary, poor, nasty, brutish life of man
Hobbes
Match these words with the closest meaning as used in the Declaration of Independence:
good judgment
B - prudence
Match these words with the closest meaning as used in the Declaration of Independence:
extremely impressive in strength or excellence; inspiring awe or fear
AC - formidable
Match these words with the closest meaning as used in the Declaration of Independence:
deceitfulness; untrustworthiness
AE - perfidy
Match these words with the closest meaning as used in the Declaration of Independence:
freed from any question of guilt
CD - absolved
Match these words with the closest meaning as used in the Declaration of Independence:
to relinquish, renounce, or cast off
AD - abdicate
Match these words with the closest meaning as used in the Declaration of Independence:
display clearly or constitute outward evidence of
AB - evince
Match these words with the closest meaning as used in the Declaration of Independence:
implore; adamantly ask
BC - conjure
Match these words with the closest meaning as used in the Declaration of Independence:
passing quickly into and out of existence
C - transient
Match these words with the closest meaning as used in the Declaration of Independence:
the wrongful taking of power by force
D - usupration
Match these words with the closest meaning as used in the Declaration of Independence:
with deep sincerity; marked with grave sedateness and earnest sobriety
BE - solemnly
Match these words with the closest meaning as used in the Declaration of Independence:
impose
CE - levy
Match these words with the closest meaning as used in the Declaration of Independence:
free from bias or prejudice; fair, honest
DE - candid /BD - rectitude
Match these words with the closest meaning as used in the Declaration of Independence:
provide freely or naturally; bequeath or bestow
A - endow
The essay mentions that the world was made up of:
a. kings and queens that exercised almost absolute power over government affairs in their colonies
b. kings and queens that controlled republican forms of government
c. kings and queens that exercised almost absolute power of life and death over their subjects
d. mostly democracies
c
What century are we talking about with the founding fathers?
a. 18th
b. 17th
c. 19th
d. 16th
a
According to the essay the founding fathers were all of the following except:
a. doctors and lawyers
b. sailors and adventurers
c. printers and soldiers
d. planters and scientists
b
Finish the statement as in the Declaration of Independence; “governments are instituted among men, de[riving] their just powers from…”
a. the consent of the governed
b. a democratically elected body of representatives
c. an equitable government of checks and balances
d. nature’s God
a
Some states threatened not to join the Union if the Constitution contained provisions against their “interests'“. For southerners at this time, it most importantly meant:
a. population being used as a basis for taxes
b. the BoR needed to be attached to the DoI
c. the issue of slavery
d. no one state should have more representatives than another
c
Complaints about quartering soldiers, imposing taxes w/o consent, and suspending colonial legislatures can be found in the
a. the conclusion
b. grievances section
c. preamble section
d. declaration of rights section
b
In this essay the author says that even though the founders highly valued freedom, they also recognized ___ as being very important to the new country they wanted…
a. the limited power of government
b. the complete power of a central government
c. a body of law
d. answers A B C
e. answers A and B
f. answers A and C
f
The Constitutional (PA) Convention was in this year
a. 1781
b. 1808
c. 1787
d. 1776
c
Minimally addressing the question of slavery, the American Constitution
a. required that slavery be illegal to any new territory wanting to be a State
b. set a future date to stop the importation of slaves
c. required that slavery be abolished upon the ratification of the Constitution
d. set a future date for the abolition of slavery
b
The DoI does all of the following except
a. considers the audience of all mankind and other nations as well
b. no exception found - it does do all of the possible answers listed here
c. it mentions Great Britain specifically - by name
d. speaks of reaching out to the British people directly
e. states the causes of the American Revolution
b
Primarily and most importantly the power of the nation should be vested in
a. all of the above
b. the elected government
c. a man (Pres)
d. a body of laws - the Constitution
e. a group of men - the Congress
d
Vain, hungry for land, vindictive, ambitious, quarrelsome, tyrannical… these are some of the words the author of the essay used to describe the less than perfect
a. tories
b. foreign diplomats
c. king of England
d. the founding fathers
d
As in the DoI, when speaking of unalienable rights, which is properly stated?
a. that among these are freedom, life, and the pursuit of happiness
b. that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
c. that among these are life, liberty, and property
d. that among these are life, property, and the pursuit of happiness
b
Thomas Jefferson was
a. a poor orphan that rose through hard work
b. completely self educated
c. was from a wealthy family, very well educated, and attended college
d. was considered an excellent public speaker
c
The author calls the US the first of this type of democracy in the world
a. federal
b. limited
c. sovereign
d. unitary
a
How many of the founding fathers would become President of the US?
a. 4
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
e. 5
a
There are how many parts to the DoI?
a. 10
b. 2
c. 5
d. 4
c
Which does not belong as a part of the DoI?
a. Statement of Indep.
b. The BoR (10 Amendments)
c. Preamble
d. They all belong
b
How many of the FF’s would become President of the US
a. 6
b. 5
c. 4
d. 2
c
This man, an author of the Federalist Papers, was a military aide to Wash and the originator of the national financial system
a. Alexander Hamilton
b. John Jay
c. Thomas Jefferson
d. James Madison
a
The FF’s thought that the ultimate power of the state should repose in
a. the free will of men
b. the fight for liberty
c. negotiation and compromise
d. a body law
d
The Constitution with its balance of power and separate but equal branches of government, and the BoR with what it offers the people, are designed in such a way because of the assumption that
a. most often, governments have the best interest of their poeople in mind
b. ordinary men would not be capable of governing the masses w/o specific powers
c. governments should not be responsible to the governed
d. men and governments tend to misuse power and the people need protections from them
d
Aside from the existence of the US, the author suggests in his essay on the FF’s that the ultimate testimonial to their achievement is
a. the number of republics in the world today
b. the number of new states that have joined the Union because of this system
c. the ease in which wars have been won under this system
d. the conquering of Britain in war and the surpassing of Britain economically
a
1808 was the date set by the FF’s in the Constitution to address the issue of
a. voter suffrage adjustments
b. the importation of slaves
c. the power to tax on a federal level
d. the population of slaves that would be counted for representations (3/5)
e. the abolition of slavery
b
This man was the author of the Federalist Papers and is also known as the Father of the Constitution
a. James Madison
b. John Jay
c. Benjamin Franklin
d. Alexander Hamilton
a
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