Unit 2 Summative Review

The idea that people give up some of their power and rights to the government, and government is supposed to maintain order.

• Unalienable Rights

• Popular Sovereignty

• Social Contract

• Natural Rights

The idea that all people are born equal and entitled to the same basic rights

• Unalienable Rights

• Popular Sovereignty

• Social Contract

• Natural Rights

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” What important ideas does this language express?

• Popular sovereignty/social contract

• Natural rights/unalienable rights

• Social contract/natural rights

• Unalienable rights/popular sovereignty

Thomas Jefferson borrowed many of his ideas from which Enlightenment Philosopher?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Thomas Paine

• John Adams

“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” What important idea does this language express?

• Rule of Law

• Unalienable Rights

• Natural Rights

• Social Contract/Popular Sovereignty

“Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.” What important idea does this language express?

• Popular Sovereignty

• Unalienable Rights

• Natural Rights

• Social Contract

According to the Declaration of Independence who gives us our rights? 

• given by God at birth 
• given by our government 
• given by our president 
• given by our parents 

The Declaration of Independence states the purpose of government is 

• to tax and control finances
• to provide rules for the people
• to regulate trade 
• to serve the people

According to the Declaration of Independence, what was an “unalienable right” that all governments should protect?

• The right to social equality
• The right to elect government officials
• The right to religious equality
• The right to personal liberty

Which statement best describes the role of government according to the Declaration of Independence?

• “The main purpose of government is to expand and glorify the state”
• “The main purpose of government is to protect the unalienable rights of individuals”
• “The main purpose of government is to protect the rights and privileges of His Majesty, the King”
• “The main purpose of government is to promote the general welfare of the community by taking steps toward social equality”