FCLE Competency 3

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What impact has the Mayflower Compact, which includes a pledge to ensure that all citizens look out for the general good of the colony? Options: The government should protect the property of influential citizens., The government should provide equal protection under the law., The government should advance the goals of the elite., The government should establish religious unity.

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The government should provide equal protection under the law.

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In the Mayflower Compact, Plymouth settlers pledged to unite into "a civil body politic" and agreed to make and abide by laws that "insured the general Good of the Colony."

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U.S. Constitution

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What document is referenced in the excerpt from the Thirteenth Amendment: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”? Options: Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Northwest Ordinances, Federalist Papers

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Northwest Ordinances

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Which political philosopher’s ideas are best represented in the Declaration of Independence? Thomas Hobbes, Ethan Allen, John Locke, James Madison

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John Locke

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Why did colonists living under British rule protest British tax policies?

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The colonists claimed that the tax policies violated their political rights.

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Which of these principles went into the Constitution: Popular Sovereignty and National Sovereignty, Limited Government, Representative Democracy, Separation of Powers?

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All of these were principals that went into constitution

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Which of the following ancient civilizations established a republican form of government? Roman, Egyptian, Greek, Persian

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Roman

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The establishment and maintenance of the following traits in a country:
1. power achieved through inheritance
2. same ruling family for over a century
3. finite freedoms and rights
4. hierarchical social status
5. single established state religion
is based on which principle?

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divine right of kings

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What is the principal function of a written constitution?

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outlining the structure and powers of a government

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Which modern process would be supported by the ancient Greeks? Options: electing governors, hiring press secretaries, nominating an ambassador, appointing a majority leader

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electing governors