QB 2 Review 2024 p2

Front

The diagram shows the impact of Montesquieu's writings on the Founding Fathers. Which phrase completes the diagram?

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Separation of powers in government

Front

What has been a long-term effect of the First Amendment's guarantee of religious liberty?

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Americans have avoided divisive religious wars.

Front

What influences did Thomas Paine's Common Sense (1776) have on the colonists?

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It persuaded them to declare their independence from Great Britain.

Front

Which is an important difference between the democratic principles of ancient Greece and those of the United States today?

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In the United States, citizens are elected to be a member of a state legislature.

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Which statement identifies an important influence that ancient Greece had on the American constitutional republic? Options: Americans believed a separation of powers would protect individual rights. Americans believed ordinary citizens should participate in government. Americans believed religious liberty was a protected right. Americans believed in the equality of humankind.

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Americans believed ordinary citizens should participate in government.

Front

Which principle of the U.S. Constitution reflects the influence of John Locke's ideas? Natural rights, Checks and balances, Separation of church and state, Federalism

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Natural rights

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What was a significant impact of the Magna Carta on the American legal system?

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It introduced the idea of trial by jury.

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Which Enlightenment thinker is most associated with the Social Contract Theory that influenced American colonial government?

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John Locke

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