Unit 1 Flashcardizz

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In a social contract, people give up certain freedoms in exchange for

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Order and Security

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What term might the frontispiece of Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes embody, where the sovereign is made up of the people he rules? Options: Natural Law, The State of Nature, Divine Right, Social Contract

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Social Contract

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Identify the individual whose principles of law included, “Rights of Persons, which describes the relationship between the government and the individual; Rights of Things, which explains the right of property” that informed the American founding documents.

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William Blackstone

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What debate particularly avoided in the final draft of the Declaration of Independence made its way to the Constitutional Convention floor?

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Slavery

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Congress meets in the U.S. Capitol building in two separate wings; what constitutional compromise might be exemplified by the building’s architecture?

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The Great Compromise

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Which process today best exemplifies the principle of popular sovereignty?

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Congressional Elections

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What might be the message implicit in the above political cartoon?

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The Office of the President is too powerful

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Inalienable rights are best described as:

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Natural rights of human beings

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(12C) Which right guaranteed in the Bill of Rights is represented in this image? Options: Right to a Speedy and Public Trial, Freedom of Speech, Right to Bear Arms, No Forced Quartering of Troops

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No Forced Quartering of Troops

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Which of the following is not one of the requirements being a member of the US House of Representatives: Must be at least 25 years of age. Must reside in the state in which they are elected. Must have been a citizen of the US for at least seven years. Must be a natural born citizen.

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Must be a natural born citizen.