Foundations of American Government

Among the 6 principles of American Government are all of the following EXCEPT

• Limited Government

• Freedom

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

The idea that power should be spread between separate, equal, branches of government can be attributed to

• the Baron de Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Thomas Jefferson

_____________________ authored the Two Treatises on Government and had an enormous influence on the Declaration of Independence.

• Thomas Hobbes

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Locke

Thomas Hobbes referred to humanity's lives as "nasty, brutal and short" without the social contract. What type of government did he advocate?

• Monarchy with absolute power

• democracy, but only an indirect one

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Theocracy

Your inalienable rights are those that

• come directly from God

• You have because you are a human being

• can't be taken away by a government

• all of the above

William Blackstone's beliefs helped lead to the creation of which amendment?

• 2nd

• 4th

• 8th

• 14th

The quote, "I may disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it," can be attributed to _______________________.

• Thomas Hobbes

• William Blackstone

• Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet)

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Our government today can best be described as a

• Direct Democracy

• Republic

• Theocracy

• Constitutional Monarchy

Separating power between the National, or Federal, and State governments is known as

• Separation of Powers

• Federalism

• Nationalism

• Congressionalism

Judicial Review means that

• The President appoints certain judges

• The Justice Department can sue members of Parliament

• The Supreme Court can declare laws null and void

• The Supreme Court helps the President write laws