ENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS

In general, the philosophes believed in which of the following?

• expanding women's rights

• all Church decrees

• progress for society

• authoritarian rule

The Bill of Rights was influenced by

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• all of the above

What was Montesquieu's influence on the U.S. Constitution?

• public elections

• branches of government

• the Bill of Rights

• representatives

Which of the following did the Enlightenment promote?

• a belief in progress

• a more secular outlook

• faith in science

• all of the above

Which of the following men contradicted (went against) the ideas in the U.S. Constitution?

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Denis Diderot

How did the Declaration of Independence embody (reflect) Enlightenment ideals?

• It stated that all titles of nobility should be abolished.

• It protected the rights of the accused and prohibited cruel punishment.

• It set up a system of checks and balances for the U.S. government.

• It said that people have rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

How did the Enlightenment Period change how people viewed the world/life? Choose all that apply

• Less religious/spiritual, more secular/worldly

• Less gothic/more classical

• Less baroque/more authoritarian

• Less philosophical/more scientific

What revolutions did the Enlightenment Period influence?

• Russian Revolution/American Revolution

• French Revolution/Russian Revolution

• American Revolution/French Revolution

• Russian Revolution/Bolshevik Revolution

The Enlightenment Period encouraged people to question who and what?

• Church/Bible

• Bible/Society

• Government/Neoclassicalism

• Government/Church

The Enlightenment influenced people to find answers through what two ways?

• Reason/Discovery

• Reason/Scientific Method

• Scientific Method/Observations

• Observations/Logic