CTR

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What title should be added to the outline describing characteristics of a type of government? Options: Representative Democracy, Monarchy, Oligarchy, Dictatorship

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Representative Democracy

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What title should be added to the outline describing the characteristics of a type of government? Options: Representative Democracy, Constitutional Monarchy, Oligarchy, Dictatorship

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Constitutional Monarchy

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Which principle, associated with the ideas of Thomas Hobbes, influenced the Declaration of Independence and is illustrated by this diagram?

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SOCIAL CONTRACT: This diagram illustrates the idea of the social contract in which people give up some freedoms by agreeing to abide by certain laws in exchange for government services and protection.

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Which statement would John Locke most agree with? Options: The government’s most critical function is to limit the expansion of property rights, It is best to choose rulers in traditional ways, by allowing the monarchy to lead, The Church should have a strong presence in government affairs and scripture should be the law, Government should be structured based on reason and social progress

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Government should be structured based on reason and social progress

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Which option below places the documents in the correct order of which they were adopted or ratified from EARLIEST to LATEST?
Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, United States Constitution
United States Constitution, Mayflower Compact, Articles of Confederation, Declaration of Independence
Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, United States Constitution

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Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, United States Constitution

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Based on the text from the Declaration of Independence, why did the colonists believe that this declaration was necessary?

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Because the British violated their natural rights, the colonists believed that they should be free of British rule. The excerpt establishes the colonists' belief that their British rulers violated their natural rights and, because of this, they should be free of British tyranny and establish their own independent nation.

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Which central principle of the US government is expressed in this excerpt?

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The government is granted its power by the people. The key takeaway from the excerpt is that governments derive “their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

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Based on this excerpt, why did the lack of a bill of rights in the Constitution concern Mason?

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Mason feared that without an express declaration of individual rights, any protections provided by the states could be overruled by the federal government due to the federal government’s supremacy to the states.

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Which of the following BEST completes the graphic organizer?
Options: Weaknesses of the Bill of Rights, Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, Strengths of the US Constitution, Strengths of the Declaration of Independence

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Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

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Many of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation can be traced back to: fears of a central government with too much power.

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fears of a central government with too much power.