UNIT 2 Influencers

UNIT 2 Influencers

Multiple Choice

Montesquieu believed in a system based on...

• Democracy and Republic

• Confederation and Federation

• Separation of powers

• Judicial power and Democracy

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Breaking up power between the 3 branches of government is called ______________.

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Liberty

• Checks of Power

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How many branches is the government divided into based on Separation of Powers?

• 2

• 3

• 6

• 4

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With ideas like the Separation of Powers, Baron de Montesquieu influenced this American document.

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• The Magna Carta

• The Constitution

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Montesquieu argued that the 3 branches of government should have power over each other and stop a branch if it got too powerful. This is known as ____________.

• Checks and Balances

• Liberty

• Separation of Powers

• Checks of Power

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Which American Founding Father did John Locke influence the most?

• Ben Franklin

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

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The ideas of Locke and Rousseau are found MOST easily in which of these documents?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Communist Manifesto

• The Gettysburg Address

• The United Nation's Charter

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What most attracted the Founding Fathers to Montesquieu's views on the separation of powers?

• It could help prevent the central government from becoming tyrannical and oppressive.

• It could protect the rights of the nobility from the actions of the king.

• It could preserve the privileges of the monarch and nobles from popular attack.

• It could lower judicial power to a level of equality with legislative and executive power.

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Why did Montesquieu believe the powers of the government should be separated?

• It would keep government leaders from becoming too powerful

• Because of divine right, government should be separated into more than one branch

• Because Locke's social contract stated that government by one ruler went against natural law

• Because running a government was too much for one person to handle

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SS.7.C.1.1

According to John Locke, which agreement did individuals enter into to form their own society?

• constitution

• social contract

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

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SS.7.C.1.2

The diagram above indicates that the colonists based some of their political views on historic documents.

Which phrase completes the diagram?

• Natural law

• Separation of powers

• Divine Right of Kings

• Guarantee of certain individual rights

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Which idea is from the Magna Carta?

• The people should be completely free from the government.

• The people should support a strong central government.

• The government should have unlimited power to tax.

• The government should give people a fair and speedy trial.

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The conversation below concerns lawmaking.

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Doug: I believe in making laws only when everyone can participate in public decision making.

Nicole: I disagree with you; it is best for laws to be made by the people who have been chosen for that purpose.

• limited monarchy

• self-government

• social contract

• natural rights

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According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do?

• Overthrow the government

• Petition the government for their rights

• Nothing, the people don't have rights

Multiple Choice

Which document established fair punishment for crimes?

• Mayflower Compact

• Common Sense

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

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King William and Queen Mary accepted this document in 1689. It guaranteed certain rights to English citizens and declared that elections for Parliament would happen frequently. By accepting this document, they supported a limited monarchy, a system in which they shared their power with Parliament and the people.

• Cato's Letters

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

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SS.7.C.1.2

The statement above is from Magna Carta (1215).

Which right was guaranteed in this excerpt?

• trial by jury

• no taxation without representation

• freedom of the press

• freedom of religion

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SS.7.C.1.2

The diagram above indicates that the colonists based some of their political views on historic documents.

Which phrase completes the diagram?

• Natural law

• Separation of powers

• Divine Right of Kings

• Guarantee of certain individual rights

Multiple Choice

King William and Queen Mary accepted this document in 1689. It guaranteed certain rights to English citizens and declared that elections for Parliament would happen frequently. By accepting this document, they supported a limited monarchy, a system in which they shared their power with Parliament and the people.

• Cato's Letters

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

Multiple Choice

The passage below was written by Thomas Paine in his 1776 pamphlet, Common Sense. Based on this passage, how is the author’s view reflected in the U.S. political system?

• Representatives are elected.

• Representatives are appointed.

• The monarchy supports self-government.

• The monarchy creates limited government.

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SS.7.C.1.2

The statement above is from Magna Carta (1215).

Which right was guaranteed in this excerpt?

• trial by jury

• no taxation without representation

• freedom of the press

• freedom of religion

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SS.7.C.1.2

The statements above are from three of the first amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Which earlier document contained similar rights?

• Magna Carta (1215)

• The Mayflower Compact (1620)

• The English Bill of Rights (1689)

• Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws (1784)

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"No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor send upon him, except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land."
Which right was guaranteed in this excerpt from Magna Carta?

• trial by jury

• no taxation without representation

• freedom of the press

• freedom of religion

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The quote below is from a historical document

"A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."

How does this quote reflect the influence of Enlightenment ideas on the Founding Fathers?

• They created a limited monarchy.

• They supported individual liberties.

• They had reservations about self-government.

• They were concerned with property rights.

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The picture shows a passage from Thomas Paine's Common Sense. Which statement shows this in our modern political system?

• absolute monarchy controls laws

• authoritarian governments restrict freedoms

• members of the Supreme Court are appointed

• legislative officials are elected by the people

Multiple Choice

The diagram below shows the impact of Baron Montesquieu's writings on the Founding Fathers.

Which phrase completes the diagram?

• Trial by Jury

• Social Contract

• Separation of Powers

• Representative Government

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"The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom." - Who said this quote and which idea does it explain?

• Montesquieu - separation of powers

• Montesquieu - Checks and balances

• John Locke - Natural rights / natural law

• John Locke - State of nature

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Which of the following documents, signed by King John in 1215, guaranteed certain basic rights to English citizens such as the right to a trial by jury, due process, and protection against the arbitrary (random, without reason) taking of life, liberty or property?

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Navigation Acts

• U.S. Constitution

Multiple Select

Which of the following is a reason(s) for the establishment of self-government in the thirteen colonies? Pick all that apply.

• Distance from Great Britain

• Traditional rights of Englishmen

• Need for a lawmaking structure

• Abandonment by the English government

Multiple Choice

1775 - 1781 The war of the American colonists against Britain to gain its freedom

• Enlightenment

• Magna Carta

• American Revolution

• separation of powers