Unit 1 Gov't

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Madison
• Jefferson
• Mason
• Adams

One must give up certain freedoms to the government in exchange for protection of their natural rights.

• Popular Sovereignty
• Individual Rights 
• Checks and Balance
• Social Contract Theory 

What bests describes a Unitary System?

• Central Government
• Ruled by One
• Ruled by a King
• Authority in hands of Representatives

Popular Sovereignty means...

• Ruled by One
• Checks and Balance
• Rule by the People
• Ruled by Many

He expressed the radical view that government is morally obliged to serve people, namely by protecting life, liberty, and property

• Jefferson
• Hobbes
• John Locke
• Madison

Natural Law: 

• Law is naturally man's
• Inherited; not man made
• Laws that are made by man
• Protects the rights of people

Congress does what with laws?

• Makes them
• Interprets them
• Appoints them
• Reviews them

The Supreme Court does what with laws?

• Appoints them
• Confirms them
• Makes them
• Interprets them

Justice, equality, and ethics are all beliefs and traditions from which group/person?

• Rousseau
• Judeo-Christian 
• Hobbes
• Absolute Monarchy

What did the Virginia Plan as for?

• Equal representation per state
• Population representation per state
• All slaves to be counted as one
• opposed to giving most of the control of the national government