Foundations of American Democracy

___________ are rights that you are naturally born with.

• Natural rights

• Democratic entitlement

• Oligarchisms

• Socialism

Which Enlightenment thinker stated, "You have the right to life, liberty, and property."

• James Washington

• George Thorogood

• John Locke

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

In a "Social Contract" the government __________ the rights of its citizens.

• attacks

• destroys

• protects

• ignores

The ______________________ breaks the power of government up into different branches so that one branch does not become too powerful.

• separation of power

• forceful veto

• democratic clause

• washington law

The "separation of powers" broke the government into what THREE branches?

• Whigs, Democrats, Republicans

• Legislative, Executive, Judicial

• Judicial, Beneficial

• Electoral College, Democratic referendum

"Laissez Faire" means that the government __________________________

• does NOT interfere

• refuses to cooperate with the people

• over rules the people

• veto's the people's rights