American Government Final Exam Review

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A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules.

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Social Contract

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He established "inalienable rights".

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Locke

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He believed that people formed a government and made a contract with each other, not a ruler.

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Rousseau

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He believed in dividing the government power into separate branches in order to limit corruption.

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Montesquieu

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Who believed that man is born evil & selfish, and needs to be controlled.  Life without a strong government would be nasty, brutish, and short?

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Hobbes

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What do an absolute monarchy, dictatorship, and oligarchy have in common?

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A single individual or small group exercises control over government

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Which form of government gives the most power to ordinary citizens? Options: autocracy, oligarchy, absolute monarchy, representative democracy

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representative democracy

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The United States uses which form of government?

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Representative democracy

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The Virginia Plan wanted representation based on _______.

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population of each state.

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The New Jersey Plan wanted representation based on _______.

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one state, one vote