Civics Final

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The Declaration of Independence: States that the purpose of government is to protect human rights, Explains the reasons the thirteen colonies separated from Great Britain, Was not meant to provide a government for the new United States.

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Which description best defines a confederation? Options: a government in which there is a single, all-powerful ruler, a system in which a national government and state governments share power equally, a government in which all citizens vote on all major issues and the majority rules, a system in which states agree to form a national government, but maintain their sovereignty

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a system in which states agree to form a national government, but maintain their sovereignty

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The quotation from John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government supports Locke’s belief in:

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the social contract between people and government.

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Which statement best characterizes the ideas of Thomas Hobbes? Options: People are naturally reasonable., People are naturally selfish and violent., Governments create unequal societies., Government should be separate from religion.

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People are naturally selfish and violent.

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Which statement best describes the Enlightenment? Options: The Enlightenment was a movement that grew out of unrest in the colonies., The Enlightenment was a European movement that the colonists rejected., The Enlightenment was a movement that Thomas Jefferson started., The Enlightenment was a European movement that spread to the colonies.

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The Enlightenment was a European movement that spread to the colonies.

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The concept of natural rights, which was later used in the Declaration of Independence, was first proposed by

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John Locke.

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The Enlightenment thinker Baron de Montesquieu came up with the idea of

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the separation of the government’s powers.

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Under the Articles of Confederation, why didn’t the national government enforce the laws?

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The states had the power to enforce the national laws.

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The US federal system of government was established by: Magna Carta, The Constitution, The Article of Confederation, The English Bill of Rights

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The Constitution

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How did the Great Compromise resolve the dispute about representation?

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It created balance by blending the Virginia and New Jersey plans.